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Neuraminic acid is alpha 2-->3 linked in the lipooligosaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B strain 6275.

Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94121.

ABSTRACT

We have analyzed the sialylated lipooligosaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis 6275. Sialylated oligosaccharide released from strain 6275 lipooligosaccharide by mild hydrolysis was determined to contain N-acetylneuraminic acid linked alpha 2-->3 to terminal galactose as shown below. [formula: see text]

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