ELECTROPHORETIC HETEROGENEITY AND INTERSTRAIN VARIATION OF THE LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE OF HEMOPHILUS-INFLUENZAE
ELECTROPHORETIC HETEROGENEITY AND INTERSTRAIN VARIATION OF THE LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE OF HEMOPHILUS-INFLUENZAE
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DOI:
10.1093/infdis/148.3.492
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
INZANA, TJ
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作者:
INZANA, TJ
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was extracted from 50 isolates of H. influenzae by a rapid micromethod and was analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Ag staining. LPS isolated by this method was electrophoretically indistinguishable from conventionally purified LPS but lacked the large degree of heterogeneity indicative of variable polymerization of O-side-chain repeating units; 1-4 bands appeared in gels. Electrophoretic profiles of LPS from H. influenzae type b varied among strains and were useful for subtyping. On the basis of stable band mobilities, 33 isolates of type b were classified into 11 subtypes. Certain isolates of identical outer-membrane-protein subtype differed in LPS subtype. The LPS profiles of non-b, typable strains of H. influenzae were generally similar in microheterogeneity to those of type b strain; those of untypable isolates usually displayed less electrophoretic variation.