Toxicity of pneumococcal neuraminidase.
Sterile sonic-treated materials of pneumococci grown in media containing N-acetylmannosamine as the carbohydrate source were lethal for mice. Purification of the toxic factor led to its identification as the enzyme neuraminidase.
Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee School of Basic Medical Sciences, Memphis, Tennessee 38103.
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