Structural elucidation of lipopolysaccharide core oligosaccharides from lic1 and lic1/lic2 mutants of Haemophilus influenzae type b strain Eagan

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 281-290

  Masoud, Hussein ^a,b   Moxon, E Richard ^c   Richards, James C ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Haemophilus influenzae; Lipopolysaccharide; Structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

ACETYL GROUP; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

HEPTOSE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

BACTERIUM; INFLUENZA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARASITE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACETYLATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; LIC1 GENE; LIC2 GENE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTATION; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B;

EID: 42149134242     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W08-009     Document Type: Article

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