Influence of the length of the lipooligosaccharide α chain on its sialylation in Neisseria meningitidis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 407-411

  Tsai, C M ^a   Kao, G ^a   Zhu, P ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIALYLATION; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036137137     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.1.407-411.2002     Document Type: Article

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