Sialic acid in the lipopolysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae: Strain distribution, influence on serum resistance and structural characterization

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 679-692

  Hood, Derek W ^a   Makepeace, Katherine ^a   Deadman, Mary E ^a   Rest, Richard F ^a,b   Thibault, Pierre ^a,c   Martin, Adele ^a,c   Richards, James C ^a,c   Moxon, E Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SIALIC ACID; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SIALYLATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DISACCHARIDES; DRUG RESISTANCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; N-ACYLNEURAMINATE CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; NEUTROPHILS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

EID: 0032773667     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01509.x     Document Type: Article

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