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Bacterial endotoxins /
Microbial Toxins, Volume IV: Bacterial Endotoxins covers a general introduction of bacterial endotoxins, as well as research concerning structure (both morphological and physical), chemistry, immunology, biosynthesis, and genetics of bacterial endotoxins. The book describes the general characteristi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Academic Press,
1971.
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| Colección: | Microbial toxins ;
vol. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Bacterial Endotoxins; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Contents of Other Volumes; CHAPTER 1. General Characteristics; I. Introduction. Toward a Definition; II. Source in Cell; III. Host-Reactive Properties; IV. Physicochemical Properties; V.A Provisional Definition; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. The Anatomy and Chemistry of Gram-Negative Cell Envelopes; I. Anatomy of Envelopes; II. Chemistry of the Gram-Negative Cell Envelope; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. The Physical Structure of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides.
- I. IntroductionII. Problems in the Study of Lipopolysaccharide Structure; III. The Physical Shape of Lipopolysaccharide; IV. Determinants of Physical Shape; V. Physical Structure and Biological Function; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. Isolation and Chemical and Immunological Characterization of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides; I. Introduction; II. Isolation and Properties of Lipopolysaccharides; III. Sugar Constituents and Composition of Lipopolysaccharides; IV. Structure of the O-Specific Chains and Chemical Basis of the Immunological Specificities of the O Factors.
- v. Structure of Atypical Specific Chains as Found in SR and T MutantsVI. The Basal Core Structure as Provided by Analysis of R Mutant Lipopolysaccharides; VII. General Conclusions; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. The Chemistry of the Unique Carbohydrates of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides; I. Introduction; II. Pentoses; III. Uronic Acids; IV. Hexoses; V. Hexosamines; VI. Heptoses; VII. 6-Deoxyhexoses; VIII. 3,6-Dideoxyhexoses; IX. KDO (3-Deoxy-D-mannooctulosonic Acid, 2-Keto-3-deoxyoctonic Acid); REFERENCES.
- CHAPTER 6. The Relation of Bacteriophage Attachment to Lipopolysaccharide StructureI. Introduction; II. Structure of the Gram-Negative Cell Wall; III. The Cell Wall of Enterobacteriaceae -Relationship between Antigenic Alterations and Phage Adsorption; IV. Early Work on the T Phages; V. Salmonella Phages; VI. E. coli Phages; VII. Conclusions; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. Chemical and Biological Heterogeneity of Endotoxins; I. Introduction; II. Morphological and Chemical Heterogeneity; III. Biological Heterogeneity; IV. Attempts to Explain the Observed Heterogeneity; V. Summary; REFERENCES.
- CHAPTER 8. Biosynthesis of the Core Region of LipopolysaccharideI. Introduction; II. Pathway of Biosynthesis of the Outer Core; III. Role of Glycerophosphates in Core Glycosyl Transferase Reactions; IV. Biosynthesis of the Backbone Region; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. Biosynthesis of O-Antigens; I. Introduction; II. Variations in O-Antigen Structure; III. The Biosynthetic Cycle; IV. The Antigen Carrier Lipid; V. The Polymerase Reaction; VI. Transfer of O-Antigen Chains to the Lipopolysaccharide Core-The Ligase Reaction; VII. Synthesis of Other O-Antigens and Polysaccharides; REFERENCES.