title: Structural studies of the capsular polysaccharide from Streptococcus pneumoniae type 7A.
abstract: Application of methylation analysis, specific degradations, and n.m.r. spectroscopy to the capsular polysaccharide elaborated by Streptococcus pneumoniae type 7A indicates a hexasaccharide repeating-unit with the structure (Formula; see text).
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, University of Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Backman-Marklund
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Jansson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lindberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Henrichsen
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D006868:Hydrolysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010504:Periodic Acid; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000032:analysis*; D014269:Trifluoroacetic Acid
chemical_list: D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D010504:Periodic Acid; C009288:metaperiodate; D014269:Trifluoroacetic Acid