Novel modification of lipid A of Francisella tularensis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5340-5348

  Phillips, Nancy J ^a   Schilling, Birgit ^b   McLendon, Molly K ^c   Apicella, Michael A ^c   Gibson, Bradford W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYHEXADECANOIC ACID; 3 HYDROXYSTEARIC ACID; ARABINOSAMINE; ARABINOSE; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; GALACTOSAMINE; GALACTOSAMINE 1 PHOSPHATE; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; LIPID A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIVE VACCINE; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; LIPID A; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 4544292470     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.9.5340-5348.2004     Document Type: Article

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