Characterization of surface saccharides in two Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 159-166

  Mattos Guaraldi, A L ^a,b   Cappelli, E A ^a   Previato, J O ^b   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

Carbohydrate; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Diphtheria; Lectin; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; LECTIN; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL SURFACE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; ISOTHIOCYANATES; LECTINS; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS; BANDEIRAEA; BANDEIRAEA SIMPLICIFOLIA; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; GLYCINE MAX; RICINUS COMMUNIS; TRITICUM; TRITICUM VULGARIS;

EID: 0032899677     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00540-0     Document Type: Article

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