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How bacteria utilize sialic acid during interactions with the host: snip, snatch, dispatch, match and attach

N -glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc), and its precursor N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac), commonly referred to as sialic acids, are two of the most common glycans found in mammals. Humans carry a mutation in the enzyme that converts Neu5Ac into Neu5Gc, and as such, expression of Neu5Ac can be thought...

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Autores principales: Jennings, Michael P., Day, Christopher J., Atack, John M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9558349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35316172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001157