title: The use of bacteriophage-mediated depolymerisation in investigations of the structure of the capsular polysaccharide from Klebsiella serotype K71.
abstract: The structure (1) of the heptasaccharide repeating-unit of the capsular polysaccharide from Klebsiella serotype K71 follows from methylation analysis and n.m.r. and mass-spectrometric studies of the oligosaccharides obtained on depolymerisation of the polysaccharide with a bacteriophage-borne endo-rhamnosidase. [formula; see text].
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ravenscroft
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Stephen
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000378:metabolism; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D006031:Glycosylation; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000032:analysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008745:Methylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial