Structural feature of the major but not cytokine-inducing molecular species of lipoteichoic acid

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 779-786

  Hashimoto, Masahito ^a   Yasuoka, Jun Ichi ^a   Suda, Yasuo ^a   Takada, Haruhiko ^b   Yoshida, Takeshi ^c   Kotani, Shozo ^d   Kusumoto, Shoichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Inst Lmmunopharmacology Inc   (Japan)

^d Osaka College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glycolipid; Lipoteichoic acid; Mass spectrometry; NMR; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; CYTOKINE; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE;

EID: 0030895139     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021653     Document Type: Article

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