Structure-function relationship of cytokine induction by lipoteichoic acid from Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 393-397

  Morath, Siegfried ^a   Geyer, Armin ^a   Hartung, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gram positive bacteria; Immunity, natural; Isolation and purification; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ALANINE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0035808774     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.193.3.393     Document Type: Article

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