Crystallization of an R-form lipopolysaccharide from Klebsiella pneumoniae

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 407-413

  Kato, Nobuo ^a   Ohta, Michio ^a   Arakawa, Yoshichika ^a   Naito, Setsuko ^a   Sugiyama, Tsuyoshi ^a,c   Ito, Hideo ^a,b   Kido, Nobuo ^a,b   Sasaki, Kyoyu ^b   Asai, Junpei ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Lipopolysaccharide (LPS); R form

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ENDOTOXIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029954334     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01087.x     Document Type: Article

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