To sialylate, or not to sialylate: That is the question

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 254-257

  Vimr, Eric ^a   Lichtensteiger, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOCONJUGATE; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE;

ACTINOBACILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SURFACE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASTEURELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEURAMINIDASE; VIRULENCE;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PASTEURELLA;

EID: 0036603821     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(02)02361-2     Document Type: Review

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