Open AccessStereochemical Aspects of Antigenic Specificity in Polysaccharide Determinants
Author(s) -
Simmons D. Alastair R.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
european journal of biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1432-1033
pISSN - 0014-2956
DOI - 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1971.tb01213.x
Subject(s) - shigella flexneri , polysaccharide , antigen , biology , shigella , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , biochemistry , bacteria , genetics , escherichia coli , salmonella , gene
The structural changes that occur during the biosynthesis of Shigella flexneri type specific factors from precursor group antigen have revealed some of the stereochemical factors that are important in determining the antigenic specificity of complex polysaccharide determinants.