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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |