Galactosaminogalactan, a new immunosuppressive polysaccharide of Aspergillus fumigatus.

Galactosaminogalactan, a new immunosuppressive polysaccharide of Aspergillus fumigatus.

A new polysaccharide secreted by the human opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus has been characterized. Carbohydrate analysis using specific chemical degradations, mass spectrometry, ¹H and ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance showed that this polysaccharide is a linear heterogeneous galact...

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Main Authors: Thierry Fontaine, Aurélie Delangle, Catherine Simenel, Bernadette Coddeville, Sandra J van Vliet, Yvette van Kooyk, Silvia Bozza, Silvia Moretti, Flavio Schwarz, Coline Trichot, Markus Aebi, Muriel Delepierre, Carole Elbim, Luigina Romani, Jean-Paul Latgé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-11-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3213105?pdf=render

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