THE CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE OF PNEUMOCOCCUS TYPE IX
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- 1 May 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 123 (5), 913-920
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.123.5.913
Abstract
The capsular polysaccharide of Type-IX pneumococcus contains D-glucose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, and D-glucuronic acid. All of the N-acetylglucosamine is resistant to oxidation by periodate, but the other 2 sugars are partially degraded. Chemical andquantitative serological data are consistent with the linkage of 2 D-glucose residues 1[forward arrow] 4, as in maltose; others may be linked 1[forward arrow] 3. Part, at least, of the glucuronic acid and N-acetylglucosamine is linked to glucose.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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