Characterization of the structure and biological functions of a capsular polysaccharide produced by Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 4618-4626

  Park, Sunny ^a   Kelley, Kathryn A ^a   Vinogradov, Evgeny ^b   Solinga, Robert ^a   Weidenmaier, Christopher ^a   Misawa, Yoshiki ^a   Lee, Jean C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; TETRASACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MUTANT; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STEREOISOMERISM; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 77956520646     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00104-10     Document Type: Article

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