Polysialic acid : from microbes to man /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Roth, J. (Jürgen), Prof. Dr. Dr, Rutishauser, U. (Urs), Troy, F. A. (Frederick A.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, [1993]
Series:Advances in life sciences.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Structure, immunology, metabolism and genetics of polysialic acid
  • Conformations of group B and C polysaccharides of Neisseria meningitidis and their epitope expression
  • Influence of bacterial polysialic capsules on host defense: masquerade and mimikry
  • Polysialic acid vaccines against meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis and Escherichia coli
  • Detection of antibodies to Neisseria meningitidis group B capsular polysaccharides by a liquid-phase elisa
  • Molecular mechanisms of capsule expression in Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B
  • Genetic and molecular analyses of the polysialic acid gens cluster of Escherichia coli K1
  • Mechanisms of polysialic acid assembly in Escherichia coli K1: a paradigm for microbes and mammals.
  • (cont) Polysialic acid capsule synthesis and chain translocation in neuroinvasive Escherichia coli K1: "Activated intermediates and a possible functional role for undecaprenol
  • Export of capsular polysaccharides by Escherichia coli
  • Structure and function of enzymes in sialic acid metabolism in polysialic acid producing bacteria
  • Characterization of bacteriophage E endo-sialidase specific for alpha-2,8-linked polysialic acid
  • Affinity labeling reagents for the characterization and analysis of sialidases and sialic acid metabolic processes
  • Studies of the O-acetylation and (in)stability of polysialic acid
  • Glycobiology of fish egg polysialoglycoproteins (PSGP) and deaminated neuraminic acid-rich glycoproteins (KDN-gp).
  • (cont) Analytical methods for identifying and quantitating poly(α2-8Sia) structures containing Neu5Ac, Neu5Gc, and KDN
  • CMP-3-deoxynonulosonate synthase which catalyzes the transfer of CMP to KDN from CTP
  • Structural and biosynthetic aspects of N-glycolyl-8-O-methylneuraminic-acid-oligomers, linked through their N-glycolyl groups, isolated from the starfish Asterias rubens
  • Developmental and cell biology. Diseased states and tumors
  • Regulation of cell-cell interactions by NCAM and its polysialic acid moiety
  • Effects of in-vivo alteration of polysialic acid on avian nerve-muscle development
  • Polysialic acid as a specific and positive modulator of NCAM dependent axonal growth
  • Internalization and neurotrophic activity of an homeobox peptide
  • Expression patterns of polysialic acid during vertebrate organogenesis.
  • (cont) Developmental expression of gangliosides in vivo and in vitro
  • Polysialic acid in adult rat brain: its presence on the neural cell adhesion molecule and Na⁺ channels
  • Regulation of NCAM polysialylation state during information processing in the adult rodent
  • Is PSA-NCAM a marker for cell plasticity?
  • Expression of polysialic acid in human tumors and its significance for tumor growth.