these results strongly support the hypothesis that the carbohydrates of groups a and c streptococci are composed of a similar rhamnose moiety but that the determinant amino sugar terminal to the rhamnose-rhamnose linkages in the case of group a is n-acetylglucosamine whereas that of group c is n-acetylgalactosamine .
C0007004
carbohydrates
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amino sugar