title: Identification of sialic acid in polysaccharide antigens in group B Streptococcus.
abstract: By means of paper chromatographic techniques with purified, sialic acid-containing, bacterial antigen standards, sialic acid, as well as galactose and glucosamine, have been identified as components of each type-specific antigen of group B Streptococcus. Rhamnose was not detected in the group B antigen isolated by the classical HCl and heat extraction method.
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002854:Chromatography, Paper; D000939:Epitopes; D005690:Galactose / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005944:Glucosamine / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005947:Glucose / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D012210:Rhamnose / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000939:Epitopes; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D012794:Sialic Acids; D005947:Glucose; D005944:Glucosamine; D012210:Rhamnose; D005690:Galactose