Identity of macromolecules present in the extracellular slime layer of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Biochimie

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 217-224

  Karamanos, N K ^a,b   Panagiotopoulou, H S ^c   Syrokou, A ^a   Frangides, C ^c   Hjerpe, A ^b   Dimitracopoulos, G ^c   Anastassiou, E D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

extracellular slime layer; glycoconjugates; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; PAPAIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0028937994     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(96)88127-2     Document Type: Article

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