Analysis of the enzymatic cleavage (β elimination) of the capsular K5 polysaccharide of Escherichia coli by the K5-specific coliphage: A reexamination

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4747-4750

  Hänfling, Peter ^a   Shashkov, Alexander S ^a,b   Jann, Barbara ^a   Jann, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; COLIPHAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029781011     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4747-4750.1996     Document Type: Article

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