Abstract
The primary structure of the O-deacetylated acidic capsular antigen of Escherichia coli O9:K38 was shown by glycose analysis, methylation analysis, and one- and two-dimensional 1H- and 13C-n.m.r. spectroscopy to be composed of repeating linear pentasaccharide units having the structure.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Bacterial Capsules / chemistry*
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Carbohydrate Sequence
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Escherichia coli / chemistry*
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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Polysaccharides / chemistry*
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Polysaccharides, Bacterial / chemistry*
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Ribose / analogs & derivatives
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Ribose / analysis*
Substances
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Polysaccharides
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Polysaccharides, Bacterial
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capsular polysaccharide K38
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Ribose