Microbiology

• Group B Streptococcal Capsular Sialic Acids Interact with Siglecs (Immunoglobulin-Like Lectins) on Human Leukocytes

  A. F. Carlin, A. L. Lewis, A. Varki & V. Nizet
  Original research paper: Journal of Bacteriology 189
  doi:10.1128/JB.01155-06

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• Characterization of Helicobacter pylori Lytic Transglycosylases Slt and MltD

  C. Chaput, A. Labigne & I. G. Boneca
  Original research paper: Journal of Bacteriology 189
  doi:10.1128/JB.01270-06

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• Cloning of a Cholesterol- -glucosyltransferase from Helicobacter pylori

  A.-H. Lebrun
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry 281
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M603345200

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• Understanding the Biological Rationale for the Diversity of Cellulose-directed Carbohydrate-binding Modules in Prokaryotic Enzymes

  A. W. Blake
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry 281
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M605903200

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• Cj1121c, a Novel UDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-GlcNAc C-4 Aminotransferase Essential for Protein Glycosylation and Virulence in Campylobacter jejuni

  S. Vijayakumar
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry 281
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M511714200

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• The Structure of the Major Cell Wall Polysaccharide of Bacillus anthracis Is Species-specific

  B. Choudhury
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry 281
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M605768200

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• The herpesvirus glycoproteins B and H{middle dot}L are sequentially recruited to the receptor-bound gD to effect membrane fusion at virus entry

  T. Gianni
  Original research paper: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103
  doi:10.1073/pnas.0606127103

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• The love–hate relationship between bacterial polysaccharides and the host immune system

  Sarkis K. Mazmanian & Dennis L. Kasper
  Original research paper: Nature Reviews Immunology 6 849-858 (2006)
  doi:10.1038/nri1956

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• Structural elucidation of the O-antigenic polysaccharide from enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) Escherichia coli O48:H21

  L Maclean, A Webb & M Perry
  Original research paper: Carbohydrate Research 341
  doi:10.1016/j.carres.2006.08.008

  Abstract

• Sweet deception

  Shannon Amoils
  Original research paper: Nature Reviews Microbiology 4 802-803
  doi:10.1038/nrmicro1545

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• Procyclic Trypanosoma brucei Expresses Separate Sialidase and trans-Sialidase Enzymes on Its Surface Membrane

  G. N. Montagna, J. E. Donelson & A. C. C. Frasch
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry 281
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M604951200

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• Natural killer T cells recognize diacylglycerol antigens from pathogenic bacteria

  Yuki Kinjo et al.
  Original research paper: Nature Immunology 7 978-986 (2006)
  doi:10.1038/ni1380

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• NKT cells join the war on Lyme disease

  Whether natural killer T cells recognize antigens derived from dangerous pathogens remains unclear. New data demonstrate that a glycolipid from Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, directly stimulates mouse and human natural killer T cells.

  Dale I Godfrey & Stuart P Berzins
  Original research paper: Nature Immunology 7 904-906
  doi:10.1038/ni0906-904

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• Breaching the great wall: peptidoglycan and microbial interactions

  Karen A. Cloud-hansen et al.
  Original research paper: Nature Reviews Microbiology 4 710-716 (2006)
  doi:10.1038/nrmicro1486

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• Bacterial Glycans: Key Mediators of Diverse Host Immune Responses

  L Comstock & D Kasper
  Original research paper: Cell 126
  doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.08.021

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• Synthesis of α-d-Galf-(12)-d-galactitol and α-d-Galf-(12)[β-d-Galf-(13)]-d-galactitol, oligosaccharide derivatives from Bacteroides cellulosolvens glycoproteins

  L Gandolfidonadio, G Gola, R Delederkremer & C Gallorodriguez
  Original research paper: Carbohydrate Research 341
  doi:10.1016/j.carres.2006.07.013

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• Identification of a novel glycosyltransferase involved in LOS biosynthesis of Moraxella catarrhalis

  J Wilson et al.
  Original research paper: Carbohydrate Research 341
  doi:10.1016/j.carres.2006.07.009

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• Identification of Labile UDP-Ketosugars inHelicobacter pylori,Campylobacter jejuni andPseudomonas aeruginosa: Key Metabolites used to make Glycan Virulence Factors

  David J. Mcnally et al.
  Original research paper: ChemBioChem 7
  doi:10.1002/cbic.200600298

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• A Thermostable Î-Galactosidase from Lactobacillus fermentum CRL722: Genetic Characterization and Main Properties

  E. A. Carrera-silva et al.
  Original research paper: Current Microbiology 53
  doi:10.1007/s00284-005-0442-y

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• Implication of a retrovirus-like glycoprotein peptide in the immunopathogenesis of Ebola and Marburg viruses

  K. Yaddanapudi et al.
  Original research paper: The FASEB Journal 20
  doi:10.1096/fj.06-6151com

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• Diversity in lectins enables immune recognition and differentiation of wide spectrum of pathogens

  Y. Zhu et al.
  Original research paper: International Immunology 18
  doi:10.1093/intimm/dxl101

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• The Location of Asparagine-linked Glycans on West Nile Virions Controls Their Interactions with CD209 (Dendritic Cell-specific ICAM-3 Grabbing Nonintegrin)

  C. W. Davis et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Biological Chemistry 281
  doi:10.1074/jbc.M605429200

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• Development of recombinant protein-based influenza vaccineExpression and affinity purification of H1N1 influenza virus neuraminidase

  T Dalakouras et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Chromatography A 1136
  doi:10.1016/j.chroma.2006.09.067

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• Characterization of an Immunodominant Antigenic Site on GB Virus C Glycoprotein E2 That Is Involved in Cell Binding

  J. H. Mclinden et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Virology 80
  doi:10.1128/JVI.01206-06

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• Crystal Structure of the West Nile Virus Envelope Glycoprotein

  G. E. Nybakken et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Virology 80
  doi:10.1128/JVI.01125-06

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• Identifying Epitopes Responsible for Neutralizing Antibody and DC-SIGN Binding on the Spike Glycoprotein of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

  Y.-P. Shih et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Virology 80
  doi:10.1128/JVI.01138-06

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• Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Virions Inhibit Interferon Responses Induced by Envelope Glycoprotein gpK8.1

  S. T. Perry & T. Compton
  Original research paper: Journal of Virology 80
  doi:10.1128/JVI.00846-06

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• Crystal Structure of West Nile Virus Envelope Glycoprotein Reveals Viral Surface Epitopes

  R. Kanai et al.
  Original research paper: Journal of Virology 80
  doi:10.1128/JVI.01735-06

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• Wza the translocon for E. coli capsular polysaccharides defines a new class of membrane protein

  Changjiang Dong et al.
  Original research paper: Nature 444 226-229 (2006)
  doi:10.1038/nature05267

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• Evaluation of the carbohydrate recognition domain of the bacterial adhesin FimH: design, synthesis and binding properties of mannoside ligands

  Oliver Sperling, Andreas Fuchs & Thisbe K. Lindhorst
  Original research paper: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 4
  doi:10.1039/b610745a

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• Oligomannoside mimetics by glycosylation of ?octopus glycosides? and their investigation as inhibitors of type 1 fimbriae-mediated adhesion of Escherichia coli

  Michael Dubber, Oliver Sperling & Thisbe K. Lindhorst
  Original research paper: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 4
  doi:10.1039/b610741a

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• N-Linked Glycosylation of Folded Proteins by the Bacterial Oligosaccharyltransferase

  M. Kowarik et al.
  Original research paper: Science 314
  doi:10.1126/science.1134351

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• Functional and antigenic analyses of the 1918 influenza virus haemagglutinin using a recombinant vaccinia virus expression system

  A Elliot, D Steinhauer, R Daniels & J Oxford
  Original research paper: Virus Research 122
  doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2006.06.004

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