Biological Properties of Peptidoglycan

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Sponsors -- Contents -- I. Structural Aspects, Immunochemistry Of Peptidoglycan And Antibodies To Peptidoglycan -- Structure And Immunochemistry Of Peptidoglycan / Seidl, Peter H. / Schleifer, Karl Heinz -- The Diagnostic Value Of Antibodies To Peptidoglycan And Other Staphylococcus Aureus Antigens In Serious Staphylococcal Infections / Christensson, B. -- On The Relationships Between Conformational And Biological Properties Of Murein / Labischinski, H. / Johannsen, L. -- A Three-Dimensional Model Of Peptidoglycan Corresponding With The Results Of X-Ray- And Electron Diffraction, High Resolution Electron Microscopy And The Properties Of Peptidoglycan / Formanek, H. -- Structure Determination Of Peptidoglycans By Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometry / Martin, S.A. / Biemann, K. / Rosenthal, R.S. -- The Peptidoglycan And Linked Polymers Of The Unicellular Cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6714 / Jürgens, Uwe Johannes / Weckesser, Jürgen -- Chemical And Immunochemical Studies On The In Vivo And In Vitro Degradation Of Peptidoglycan Subunits And Cell Wall Complexes In Relation To Inflammatory Diseases / Fox, A. / Gilbart, J. / Harrison, J. / Pararajasegaram, G. / Wells, A. / Hammer, M. / Yang, C-H -- Specific Immunoglobulin E Antibodies to Peptidoglycan? / Seidl, Josef / Seidl, Peter H. / Schleifer, Karl Heinz -- Specific Immunoglobulin G Antibodies in Man against the Glycan Strand of Peptidoglycan / Zauner, E. / Reissenweber, S. / Leitherer, G. / Schleifer, K.H. / Seidl, P.H. -- Release of Penicillin-Binding Proteins from ß-Lactam Treated Bacteria: Determination by Anti-ß-Lactam Antibodies / Hakenbeck, R. / Ellerbrok, H. / Briese, Th. / Adkinson, N.F. -- Anti-Peptidoglycan Serology in Patient Sera and Experimental Production of Anti-Peptidoglycan Antibody by Immunisation with Rheumatoid Factor / Evans, H.B. / Phua, K.K. / Johnson, P.M. -- Antibodies against a Synthetic Peptidoglycan-Precursor Pentapeptide Containing Lysine Cross-React with Soluble Peptidoglycan Containing Diaminopimelic Acid / Zeiger, Allen R. -- Antibodies to Various Bacterial Cell Wall Peptidoglycans in Patient Sera and in Rabbit Sera / Wergeland, Heidrun I. / Endresen, Curt -- Antibodies to the Pentapeptide Subunit of Peptidoglycan in Human Sera / Kuchenbauer, T. / Tvmpner, K.-D. / Seidl, P.H. / Schleifer, K.H. -- Problems with 'Teichoic Acid" Antigen Used in Staphylococcus aureus Serology / Herzog, Ch. / Just, V. / Berger, R. / Just, M. -- Lipid A Antibodies in Man / Marget, W. / Mar, P. / Haslberger, H. / Huber, M. -- Electron Microscopic Localization of Peptidoglycan in the Cell Wall of Streptococcus pyogenes by Means of Labelled Antibodies and Lysozyme / Wagner, M. / Rÿc, M. / Wagner, B. -- Immunoelectron' Microscopic Studies on Peptidoglycan from Gram Positive Bacteria: Specific Reactions with the Glycan Moiety, the Pentapeptide Subunit and the Interpeptide Bridge / Franken, Norbert / Golecki, Jochen R. / Seidl, Peter H. / Zwerenz, Peter / Schleifer, Karl H. -- II. Degradation Of Peptidoglycan, Peptidoglycanlike Products In The Host -- Soluble Peptidoglycans: Lymphocyte-Activating Bacterial Products Found in Man / Zeiger, Allen R. -- How Are Cell-Wall Components of Pathogenic Microorganisms Degraded in Infectious and Inflammatory Sites?: Facts and Myths / Ginsburg, Isaac -- State of Peptidoglycan in Spheroplasts of Proteus mirabilis grown in the Presence of Different BLactam- Antibiotics / Huber, Kora / Martin, H.H. -- Degradability by Lysozyme of Staphylococcal Cell Walls as a Function of O-Acetyl Groups / Johannsen, L. / Labischinski, H. / Giesbrecht, P. -- O-Acetylation of Staphylococcal Cell Walls as an Important Factor for their Degradability Within Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages / Wecke, Jörg / Kwa, Elly / Johannsen, Lars / Giesbrecht, Peter / Lahav, Meir / Ginsburg, Isaac -- Metabolic Fate of Peptidoglycan Monomer from Brevibacterium divaricatum and Biological Activity of its Metabolites / Tomasic, J. / Valinger,