The structure of the lipooligosaccharide (LOS) from the α-1,2-N-acetyl glucosamine transferase (rfaKNMB) mutant strain CMK1 of Neisseria meningitidis: Implications for LOS inner core assembly and LOS-based vaccines

Glycobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 703-709

  Mahbubur Rahman, M ^a   Kahler, Charlene M ^b,c   Stephens, David S ^b,c   Carlson, Russell W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipooligosaccharide; Lipopolysaccharide; Neisseria meningitidis

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY DEXTRO MANNO 2 OCTULOSONIC ACID; ALPHA 1,2 N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE TRANSFERASE; ALPHA N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CARBON 13; EPITOPE; HEPTOSE; HYDROGEN; LIPOLIGOSACCHARIDE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; OPSONIN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHORUS 31; RFAK PROTEIN; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CROSS REACTION; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOGENICITY; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034875385     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/11.8.703     Document Type: Article

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