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M Heidelberger, A W Bernheimer.
Abstract
Cross-reactions of a number of glycans and polysaccharides isolated from fungi, molds, and yeasts in anti-pneumococcal and other antisera are tabulated and discussed insofar as possible with relation to the chemical structures of the cross-precipitating substances and the polysaccharidic antigens giving rise to the reactive antibodies. For example, the slime of Physarum polycephalum precipitated antisera to pneumococcal type 4 and Klebsiella type K1. The polysaccharides of type 4 and K1 contain pyruvic acid in acetal linkage on hydroxyls 2 and 3 of sugars. Therefore, pyruvic acid was looked for and found in Physarum slime. Numerous other relations between chemical structure and immunological specificity are given.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID： 6591189 PMCID： PMC391675 DOI： 10.1073/pnas.81.16.5247
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN： 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205