title: Structural characterization of the antigenic O-polysaccharide in the lipopolysaccharide produced by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 14.
abstract: The antigenic O-polysaccharide of the lipopolysaccharide produced by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 14 was shown by chemical analysis and 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance methods to be a high-molecular-mass polymer of a repeating disaccharide unit composed of a chain of (1-->5)-linked beta-D-galactofuranose (beta-D-Galf) residues substituted at their O-2 positions by alpha-D-galactopyranose residues (D-Galp) (1:1): [Formula: see text].
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A OR6. malcolm.perry@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
authors.forename: Malcolm B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Leann L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: MacLean
mesh_terms: D016977:Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019081:O Antigens / Q000737:chemistry*; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D019081:O Antigens