Taxonomic group: bacteria / Firmicutes
(Phylum: Firmicutes)
Associated disease: gas gangrene [ICD11:
1C16 
, ICD11:
XN7J5 
];
septicemia [ICD11:
MA15.Y 
];
infection due to Clostridium perfringens [ICD11:
XN7J5 
]
NCBI PubMed ID: 17009947Publication DOI: 10.1134/S000629790609001XJournal NLM ID: 0376536Publisher: Nauka/Interperiodica
Correspondence: ovoys

physiol.komisc.ru
Institutions: Institute of Physiology, Komi Science Center, Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar 167982, Russia
Structural patterns of bacterial capsular antigens including capsular polysaccharides and exoglycans are given in this review. In addition, the immunological activity of capsular antigens and their role in type specificity of bacteria are discussed.
structure, capsular polysaccharides, bacterial capsular antigens, bacterial exoglycans, immunological activity, type specificity
Structure type: polymer chemical repeating unit
Location inside paper: p.949
Compound class: CPS
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_130648,IEDB_131187,IEDB_135813,IEDB_136906,IEDB_137340,IEDB_137472,IEDB_137473,IEDB_137485,IEDB_141794,IEDB_141807,IEDB_142488,IEDB_144983,IEDB_146664,IEDB_151528,IEDB_151531,IEDB_152206,IEDB_190606,IEDB_983930,IEDB_983931,SB_192,SB_44,SB_7,SB_72
Comments, role: review
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 1502Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G89391ZK
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There is only one chemically distinct structure: