Physicochemical characterization and biological activity of a glycoglycerolipid from Mycoplasma fermentans

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3271-3279

  Brandenburg, Klaus ^a   Wagner, Frauke ^a   Müller, Mareike ^a   Heine, Holger ^a   Andrä, Jörg ^a   Koch, Michel H J ^b   Zähringer, Ulrich ^a   Seydel, Ulrich ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokine induction; Endotoxic conformation; Glycolipid; Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) assay; Lipopolysaccharide

Indexed keywords

6' O (3'' PHOSPHOCHOLINE 2'' AMINO 1'' PHOSPHO 1'',3'' PROPANEDIOL) ALPHA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYL(1'-3) 1,2 DIACYLGLYCEROL; CYTOKINE; GLYCEROLIPID; GLYCOGLYCEROLIPID; GLYCOLIPID; HYDROCARBON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID ANALYSIS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA MINNESOTA; WAVEFORM;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; GENES, REPORTER; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; LIMULUS TEST; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TEMPERATURE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LIMULUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR MINNESOTA;

EID: 0043270571     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03719.x     Document Type: Article

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