Serotype-Converting Bacteriophage SfII Encodes an Acyltransferase Protein That Mediates 6-O-Acetylation of GlcNAc in Shigella flexneri O-Antigens, Conferring on the Host a Novel O-Antigen Epitope

Identification of an O-Acyltransferase Gene (oacB) That Mediates 3- and 4-O-Acetylation of Rhamnose III in Shigella flexneri O Antigens

(2014) J. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Serological Identification and Prevalence of a Novel O-Antigen Epitope Linked to 3- and 4-O-Acetylated Rhamnose III of Lipopolysaccharide in Shigella flexneri

(2014) J. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Isolation and genomic characterization of SfI, a serotype-converting bacteriophage of Shigella flexneri

(2013) Qiangzheng Sun et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Structure of the O-antigen of a novel Shigella flexneri serotype, 1d (I: 7,8)

(2013) Alexander S. Shashkov et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Dissemination and serotype modification potential of pSFxv_2, an O-antigen PEtN modification plasmid in Shigella flexneri

(2013) Q. Sun et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

O-antigen structure of Shigella flexneri serotype Yv and effect of the lpt-O gene variation on phosphoethanolamine modification of S. flexneri O-antigens

(2013) Y. A. Knirel et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Identification and Characterization of a Novel Shigella flexneri Serotype Yv in China

(2013) Qiangzheng Sun et al.   PLoS One

Shigella flexneriO-antigens revisited: final elucidation of the O-acetylation profiles and a survey of the O-antigen structure diversity

(2012) Andrei V. Perepelov et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

A Novel Plasmid-Encoded Serotype Conversion Mechanism through Addition of Phosphoethanolamine to the O-Antigen of Shigella flexneri

(2012) Qiangzheng Sun et al.   PLoS One

Genesis of a novel Shigella flexneri serotype by sequential infection of serotype-converting bacteriophages SfX and SfI

(2011) Qiangzheng Sun et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Structural elucidation of the O-antigen of the Shigella flexneri provisional serotype 88-893: structural and serological similarities with S. flexneri provisional serotype Y394 (1c)

(2011) R.A. Foster et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Structures of the O-antigens of Escherichia coli O13, O129, and O135 related to the O-antigens of Shigella flexneri

(2010) Andrei V. Perepelov et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

A similarity in the O-acetylation pattern of the O-antigens of Shigellaflexneri types 1a, 1b, and 2a

(2009) Andrei V. Perepelov et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

A new ethanolamine phosphate-containing variant of the O-antigen of Shigellaflexneri type 4a

(2009) Andrei V. Perepelov et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

A Novel Glucosyltransferase Involved in O-Antigen Modification of Shigella flexneri Serotype 1c

(2009) R. M. Stagg et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Emergence of a New Multidrug-Resistant Serotype X Variant in an Epidemic Clone of Shigella flexneri

(2009) C. Ye et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY