The immune response to group B streptococcus type III capsular polysaccharide is directed to the -Glc-GlcNAc-Gal-backbone epitope

Glycoconjugate Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 557-562

  Safari, Dodi ^a,b   Dekker, Huberta A T ^a   Rijkers, Ger T ^c   Van Der Ende, Arie ^d   Kamerling, Johannis P ^e   Snippe, Harm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b EIJKMAN INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epitope location; Group B streptococcus type III; Polysaccharide; Streptococcus pneumoniae type 14

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; EPITOPE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PROTEIN BINDING; SERUM; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; EPITOPES; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; SERUM; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84862539107     PISSN: 02820080     EISSN: 15734986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10719-011-9354-1     Document Type: Article

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