The Neisseria lipooligosaccharide-specific alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase is a surface-exposed outer membrane protein.

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Published in Infect Immun on July 01, 2002

Authors

Dawn M Shell1, Lisa Chiles, Ralph C Judd, Samar Seal, Richard F Rest

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129, USA.

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