Microbial glycoconjugates.

Abstract:

:The surfaces of all microbes are 'sugar coated' with molecules such as lipopolysaccharides in Gram-negative bacteria, capsular polysaccharides in bacteria, lipoarabinomannans in mycobacteria and lipophosphoglycan in Leishmania. The basic structures of these glycoconjugates are known and, in the case of pathogens, they can function as virulence determinants. Recent publications have refined some of these structures and have elucidated interesting genes and proteins responsible for their biosynthesis.

journal_name

Curr Opin Struct Biol

authors

Mengeling BJ,Turco SJ

doi

10.1016/s0959-440x(98)80146-2

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-10-01 00:00:00

pages

572-7

issue

5

eissn

0959-440X

issn

1879-033X

pii

S0959-440X(98)80146-2

journal_volume

8

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