title: Direct synthesis of beta-mannans. A hexameric [-->3)-beta-D-Man-(1](3) subunit of the antigenic polysaccharides from Leptospira biflexa and the octameric (1-->2)-linked beta-D-mannan of the Candida albicans phospholipomannan. X-ray crystal structure of a protected tetramer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7061, USA. .
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Crich
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Wink
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Rheingold
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000737:chemistry; D007919:Leptospira / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D008351:Mannans / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D006017:Glycolipids; D008351:Mannans; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; C400188:phospholipomannan