Shigella flexneri lipopolysaccharides

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A lipopolysaccharide has been isolated from Shigella flexneri, type 2, and some of its structural aspects have been elucidated. ... 

The hexose region of the core polysaccharides of lipopolysaccharides isolated from Shigella flexneri and some Escherichia coli species have a common structure (7). ... 

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