Elucidation of structural and antigenic properties of pneumococcal serotype 11A, 11B, 11C, and 11F polysaccharide capsules

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 5271-5278

  Calix, Juan J ^b   Nahm, Moon H ^a,b   Zartler, Edward R ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE; TETRASACCHARIDE;

ACETYLATION; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 80053588940     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05034-11     Document Type: Article

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