Structure of an α-2,6-sialylated lipooligosaccharide from Neisseria meningitidis immunotype L1

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 626-633

  Wakarchuk, Warren W ^a   Gilbert, Michel ^a   Martin, Adèle ^a   Wu, Yuyang ^a   Brisson, Jean Robert ^a   Thibault, Pierre ^a   Richards, James C ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glycosyltransferase; Lipooligosaccharide; Neisseria meningitidis; Sialyltransferase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CAPILLARY ZONE ELECTROPHORESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0032526111     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2540626.x     Document Type: Article

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