The lipopolysaccharide of Moraxella catarrhalis. Structural relationships and antigenic properties

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 524-529

  Holme, Tord ^a   Rahman, Motiur ^a,b   Jansson, Per Erik ^c   Widmalm, Göran ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antigen; Cross reactions; Monoclonal antibodies; Moraxella catarrhalis; NMR; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTYPE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; LIPID A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; SEROTYPING;

MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033570210     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00731.x     Document Type: Review

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