Characterisation of Eubacterium cell wall: Peptidoglycan structure determines arthritogenicity

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 269-274

  Zhang, X ^a,b   Rimpilainen M ^b   Simelyte E ^b   Toivanen, P ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACYLATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EUBACTERIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LYSOSOME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYNOVITIS;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; EUBACTERIUM; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MURAMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0035089076     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.60.3.269     Document Type: Article

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