A modified protocol for isolation and purity evaluation of a staphylococcal acidic polysaccharide by chromatography and capillary electrophoresis

Biomedical Chromatography

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 531-534

  Krevvata, Maria I ^a   Afratis, Nikos ^b   Spiliopoulou, Anastasia ^a   Malavaki, Christina J ^b   Kolonitsiou, Fevronia ^a   Anastassiou, Evangelos ^a   Karamanos, Nikos K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; Chromatography; Isolation; Polysaccharide; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACIDIC POLYSACCHARIDES; ANION EXCHANGE; ANTIGENICS; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; CHROMATOGRAPHIC COLUMN; EXTRACELLULAR; GEL-FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACIDITY; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 79953680742     PISSN: 02693879     EISSN: 10990801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmc.1490     Document Type: Article

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