Structural determination of the capsular antigen of Escherichia coli O8:K25:H9.
The primary structure of the acidic capsular antigen of Escherichia coli O8:K25:H9 was shown by monosaccharide analysis, methylation analysis, and by 1D and 2D 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy to be composed of linear tetrasaccharide repeating units having the structure:
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
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D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000737:chemistry*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data