Structural analysis of the lipopolysaccharide oligosaccharide epitopes expressed by a capsule-deficient strain of Haemophilus influenzae Rd

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 171-180

  Risberg, Anna ^a   Masoud, Hussein ^b   Martin, Adèle ^b   Richards, James C ^b   Moxon, E Richard ^c   Schweda, Elke K H ^a  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae LPS; Structural studies

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEACYLATION; EPITOPE MAPPING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 0033119350     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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