Structural studies on the specific type-14 pneumococcal polysaccharide.

B Lindberg; J Lönngren; D A Powell

doi:10.1016/s0008-6215(00)83413-8

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Structural studies on the specific type-14 pneumococcal polysaccharide.

B Lindberg·J Lönngren·D A Powell

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The structure of the Pneumococcus type-14 capsular polysaccharide has been reinvestigated by using methylation analysis, different specific degradations, and n.m.r. spectroscopy. It is concluded that the polysaccharide is composed of tetrasaccharide repeating-units having the structure: (formula: see text).

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Oligosaccharides Polysaccharides, Bacterial Streptococcus pneumoniae Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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B Lindberg, J Lönngren, D A Powell. 1977. Structural studies on the specific type-14 pneumococcal polysaccharide.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0008-6215(00)83413-8

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