Structural studies of Escherichia coli K26 and K46-50 using chemical and microbiological methods
The capsular polysaccharides of Escherichia coli are immunogenic and antigenic. When conjugated to a carrier protein these polysaccharides can be used as vaccines. A knowledge of the structure of bacterial capsular polysaccharides is essential for understanding antibody-antigen interaction and also...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24480 |