A unique variant of streptococcal group O-antigen (C-polysaccharide) that lacks phosphocholine

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2157-2162

  Bergström, Niklas ^a   Jansson, Per Erik ^a   Kilian, Mogens ^b   Skov Sørensen, Uffe B ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

C polysaccharide; Cell wall polysaccharide; Phosphocholine; Streptococcus mitis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

2 ACETAMIDO 4 AMINO 2,4,6 TRIDEOXYGALACTOSE; CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; ETHANOLAMINE; GALACTOSE; METHYL GROUP; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; POLYSACCHARIDE; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; POLYSACCHARIDES; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0038363615     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03569.x     Document Type: Article

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