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SUBMITTER: Phongsisay V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1360302 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Phongsisay Vongsavanh V Perera Viraj N VN Fry Benjamin N BN
Infection and immunity 20060201 2
Human ganglioside-like structures, such as GM1, found on some Campylobacter jejuni strains have been linked to inducing the Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). This study shows that a C. jejuni strain without GM1-like molecules acquired large DNA fragments, including lipooligosaccharide synthesis genes, from a strain expressing GM1-like molecules and consequently transformed into a number of potential GBS-inducible transformants, which exhibited a high degree of genetic and phenotypic diversity. ...[more]