Immunochemical properties of the Staphylococcal poly-N-acetylglucosamine surface polysaccharide

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 4433-4440

  Maira Litrán, Tomás ^a   Kropec, Andrea ^a   Abeygunawardana, C ^a   Joyce, Joseph ^a   Mark III, George ^a   Goldmann, Donald A ^a   Pier, Gerald B ^a  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSAMINE DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLY N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SOLUBILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TECHNIQUE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; OPSONIN PROTEINS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RABBITS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036070615     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.8.4433-4440.2002     Document Type: Article

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