The pneumococcal common antigen C-polysaccharide occurs in different forms: Mono-substituted or di-substituted with phosphocholine

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 265, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1091-1097

  Karlsson, Camilla ^a   Jansson, Per Erik ^a,b   Skov Sørensen, Uffe B ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

C polysaccharide; Capsular polysaccharide; Phosphocholine; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSAMINE; GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; PHOSPHODIESTER; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; RIBITOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033230094     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00835.x     Document Type: Article

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