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Recombinant plants provide a new approach to the production of bacterial polysaccharide for vaccines. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Bacterial polysaccharides have numerous clinical or industrial uses. Recombinant plants could offer the possibility of producing bacterial polysaccharides on a large scale and free of contaminating bacterial toxins and antigens.
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Nature Communications, 2023 Bacterial biofilms are surface-attached communities that are difficult to eradicate due to a high tolerance to antimicrobial agents. The use of non-biocidal surface-active compounds to prevent the initial adhesion and aggregation of bacterial pathogens ...
Joaquín Bernal-Bayard +14 more
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Bacterial Extracellular Polysaccharides Involved in Biofilm Formation
Molecules, 2009 Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) produced by microorganisms are a complex mixture of biopolymers primarily consisting of polysaccharides, as well as proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and humic substances.
Elena P. Ivanova +3 more
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Functionalized polysaccharides for infection-resistant and regenerative therapies in gynecology [PDF]
International Journal of Pharmaceutics: XGynecological infections and implant-related complications, such as bacterial vaginosis (BV), pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), and endometritis, are exacerbated by biofilm-forming pathogens such as G. vaginalis, E. coli, and S.
Yingying Hao +6 more
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BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF Rhizobium LIPO-POLYSACCHARIDES: A REVIEW ARTICLE [PDF]
Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture, 2021 Lipo-polysaccharides are important substances that consist of LipidA, Core and O-antigen, and are formed in several metabolic pathways that include nine enzymes encoded by special genes called Custer genes.
Raghad Gergees +2 more
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Glycosylation States on Intact Proteins Determined by NMR Spectroscopy
Molecules, 2021 Protein glycosylation is important in many organisms for proper protein folding, signaling, cell adhesion, protein-protein interactions, and immune responses.
Audra A. Hargett +7 more
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eLife, 2023 Newborns are unable to reach the adult-level humoral immune response partly due to the potent immunoregulatory role of IL-10. Increased IL-10 production by neonatal B cells has been attributed to the larger population of IL-10-producting CD43+ B-1 cells ...
Jiro Sakai +4 more
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Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021 The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus utilizes the extensively glycosylated spike (S) protein protruding from the viral envelope to bind to angiotensin-converting enzyme-related carboxypeptidase (ACE2) as its primary ...
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Bacterial polysaccharides—A big source for prebiotics and therapeutics
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 Bacterial polysaccharides are unique due to their higher purity, hydrophilic nature, and a finer three-dimensional fibrous structure. Primarily, these polymers provide protection, support, and energy to the microorganism, however, more recently several ...
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023 IntroductionThe use of cosmetics has become a habit for women. However, their influence on the microbial diversity of the skin has rarely been studied.MethodsHerein, the effect of cosmetics containing complex polysaccharides on the skin bacterial ...
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