trans-Sialidase activity for sialic acid incorporation on Corynebacterium diphtheriae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-172

  Mattos Guaraldi, A L ^a   Formiga, L C D ^b   Andrade, A F B ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Diphtheria; Neuraminidase; trans Sialidase

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; GLYCOCONJUGATE; PLANT LECTIN; SIALIC ACID; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SIALIDASE; SUCROSE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ENZYME ASSAY; FERMENTATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMANS; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEURAMINIDASE; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKIN; SUCROSE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031764111     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00280-8     Document Type: Article

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