Structure, assembly and regulation of expression of capsules in Escherichia coli
Open Access
- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 31 (5), 1307-1319
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01276.x
Abstract
Many Escherichia coli strains are covered in a layer of surface‐associated polysaccharide called the capsule. Capsular polysaccharides represent a major surface antigen, the K antigen, and more than ...Keywords
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