Lipooligosaccharides of Neisseria species: Similarity between N. polysaccharea and N. meningitidis LOSs

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 705, Issue , 2011, Pages 381-394

  Tsai, Chao Ming ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

lgt genes; Lipooligosaccharides; Neisseria polysaccharea; Serological cross reactivities

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ANTIBODY; LIPID LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPID-LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL GLYCERYL TRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS REACTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE A GENE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE B GENE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE C GENE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE D GENE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE E GENE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA POLYSACCHAREA; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; TRANSFERASES;

EID: 80054017658     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7877-6_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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