The primary structure of the acidic capsular antigen of Escherichia co
li O8:K41:H11 was shown by monosaccharide analysis, methylation analys
is, and by 1D and 2D H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy to be composed of b
ranched pentasaccharide repeating units with the structure: GRAPHICS (
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