Article
Antigenic Determinants of Staphylococcus aureus Type 5 and Type 8 Capsular Polysaccharide Vaccines
1 Oct 1998
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial capsular polysaccharides (CP) are carbohydrate polymers comprised of repeating saccharide units. Several of these CP have side chains attached to their backbone structures. The side chains may include O-acetyl, phosphate, sialic acid, and other moieties. Those moieties represent the immunodominant epitopes and the most functional ones. The clinically significant Staphylococcus aureus type 5 CP (CP 5)...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
