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. 1930 Nov 30;52(6):895–900. doi: 10.1084/jem.52.6.895

CHEMICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF A SPECIES-SPECIFIC CARBOHYDRATE OF PNEUMOCOCCI

William S Tillett 1, Walther F Goebel 1, Oswald T Avery 1
PMCID: PMC2131919  PMID: 19869812

Abstract

Pneumococci contain a non-protein constituent which, on the basis of its chemical and immunological properties, appears to be a carbohydrate distinct from the type-specific carbohydrate and common to the species.

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