Lactic acid is the factor in blood cell extracts which enhances the ability of CMP-NANA to sialylate gonococcal lipopolysaccharide and induce serum resistance

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-100

  Parsons, Nicholas J ^a   Boons, Geert Jans ^a   Ashton, Peter R ^a   Redfern, Peter D ^a   Quirk, Philip ^a   Gao, Yuan ^a   Constantinidou, Chrystala ^a   Patel, Jetesh ^a   Bramley, Jennifer ^a   Cole, Jeffrey A ^a   Smith, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMP NANA; Gonococci; Lactic acid; Lipopolysaccharide; Serum resistance; Sialylation

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE 5' MONOPHOSPHO N ACETYL NEURAMINIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM RESISTANCE; SIALYLATION;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0029959065     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0008     Document Type: Article

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