Isolation and characterization of the major form of polyprenyl-phospho-mannose from Mycobacterium smegmatis

Glycobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 955-962

  Wolucka, Beata A ^a   De Hoffmann, Edmond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Mannolipid; Mycobacteria; Polyprenol; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENE; MANNOSE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATE MONOSACCHARIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 0031715958     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/8.10.955     Document Type: Article

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