DEGRADATION OF BACTERIAL LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BY GUT JUICE OF THE SNAIL HELIX-POMATIA

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SADDLER, JN
PARTON, R
WARDLAW, AC
机构
[1] Microbiology Department, University of Glasgow Alexander Stone Building, Glasgow, G61 1QH, Garscube Estate, Bearsden
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EXPERIENTIA | 1979年 / 35卷 / 04期
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10.1007/BF01922727
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Lipopolysaccharides from several bacteria were selectively degraded by gut juice of the snail Helix pomatia with extensive loss of anticomplementary activity and changes in the electrophoretic pattern in polyacrylamide gels. The gut juice had little effect on ketodeoxyoctonate content or immunodominant sugars. The lipid A moiety of the lipopolysaccharide appeared to be the main site of attack. © 1979 Birkhäuser Verlag.
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