The lipooligosaccharides of Haemophilus ducreyi are highly sialylated

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 564-570

  Melaugh, William ^a   Campagnari, Anthony A ^b   Gibson, Bradford W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SIALYLATION;

EID: 0030034917     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.2.564-570.1996     Document Type: Article

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