Microbial glycoconjugates

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 572-577

  Mengeling, Brenda Jo ^a   Turco, Salvatore J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; HYALURONIC ACID; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SYNTHETASE;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE FUNCTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LEISHMANIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031734373     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(98)80146-2     Document Type: Article

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