Characterization of three capsular polysaccharides produced by Burkholderia pseudomallei

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 283-287

  Kawahara, Kazuyoshi ^a   Dejsirilert, Surang ^b   Ezaki, Takayuki ^c  

^a KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Capsular polysaccharide; Melioidosis

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; MELIOIDOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHYLATION;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CULTURE MEDIA; GLYCEROL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHYLATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0032216447     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00499-6     Document Type: Article

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