Identification, Characterization and Immunogenicity of an O-Antigen Capsular Polysaccharide of Francisella tularensis

Michael A. Apicella; Deborah M. B. Post; Andrew C. Fowler; Bradley D. Jones; Jed A. Rasmussen; Jason R. Hunt; Sayaka Imagawa; Biswa Choudhury; Thomas J. Inzana; Tamara M. Maier; Dara W. Frank; Thomas C. Zahrt; Kathryn Chaloner; Michael P. Jennings; Molly K. McLendon; Bradford W. Gibson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011060

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Identification, Characterization and Immunogenicity of an O-Antigen Capsular Polysaccharide of Francisella tularensis

Michael A. Apicella ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael A. Apicella, Deborah M. B. Post

* E-mail: michael-apicella@uiowa.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Deborah M. B. Post ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael A. Apicella, Deborah M. B. Post

Affiliation Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, California, United States of America
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Andrew C. Fowler,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Bradley D. Jones,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Jed A. Rasmussen,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Jason R. Hunt,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Sayaka Imagawa,

Affiliation Glycotechnology Core Resource, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Biswa Choudhury,

Affiliation Glycotechnology Core Resource, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Thomas J. Inzana,

Affiliation Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Tamara M. Maier,

Affiliation Center for Biopreparedness and Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Dara W. Frank,

Affiliation Center for Biopreparedness and Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Thomas C. Zahrt,

Affiliation Center for Biopreparedness and Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Kathryn Chaloner,

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Michael P. Jennings,

Affiliation Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
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Molly K. McLendon,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Bradford W. Gibson

Affiliation Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, California, United States of America
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Identification, Characterization and Immunogenicity of an O-Antigen Capsular Polysaccharide of Francisella tularensis

Michael A. Apicella,
Deborah M. B. Post,
Andrew C. Fowler,
Bradley D. Jones,
Jed A. Rasmussen,
Jason R. Hunt,
Sayaka Imagawa,
Biswa Choudhury,
Thomas J. Inzana,
Tamara M. Maier

Published: July 6, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011060

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Info on Fig. 8

Posted by cinzia on 05 Feb 2016 at 17:35 GMT

Dear Authors,
could you please explain me why the delta-capB mutant in Fig. 8 does not react with your Ab?
Is there a mistake in the figure legend or am I missin somenthing?
Thanks so much
Cinzia

No competing interests declared.

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Posted by cinzia on 05 Feb 2016 at 17:35 GMT