Seshu K Gudlavalleti

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Publications

  1. ncbi Comparison of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 polysaccharide-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccines made by periodate activation of O-acetylated, non-O-acetylated and chemically de-O-acetylated polysaccharide
    Seshu K Gudlavalleti
    Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Vaccine 25:7972-80. 2007
  2. ncbi The Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide O-3 and O-4 acetyltransferase
    Seshu K Gudlavalleti
    Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
    J Biol Chem 279:42765-73. 2004
  3. ncbi Biofilm formation by Neisseria meningitidis
    Kyungcheol Yi
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
    Infect Immun 72:6132-8. 2004
  4. ncbi In vivo determination of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide by whole cell high-resolution magic angle spinning NMR spectroscopy
    Seshu K Gudlavalleti
    Laboratory of Microbial Pathogenesis, VA Medical Center and Division of Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Carbohydr Res 341:557-62. 2006

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Publications4

  1. ncbi Comparison of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 polysaccharide-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccines made by periodate activation of O-acetylated, non-O-acetylated and chemically de-O-acetylated polysaccharide
    Seshu K Gudlavalleti
    Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Vaccine 25:7972-80. 2007
    ..Thus, for W135, PS O-acetylation does not contribute a dominant immunogenic epitope. The OAc(-) PS may be a good starting material for preparing W135 PS-TT conjugate vaccines using periodate oxidation...
  2. ncbi The Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide O-3 and O-4 acetyltransferase
    Seshu K Gudlavalleti
    Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
    J Biol Chem 279:42765-73. 2004
    ..MynC represents a new subclass of O-acetyltransferases that utilize acetyl-CoA to decorate the D-mannosamine capsule of N. meningitidis serogroup A...
  3. ncbi Biofilm formation by Neisseria meningitidis
    Kyungcheol Yi
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
    Infect Immun 72:6132-8. 2004
    ..Some strains of meningococci form biofilms, and this process is likely important in menigococcal colonization...
  4. ncbi In vivo determination of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide by whole cell high-resolution magic angle spinning NMR spectroscopy
    Seshu K Gudlavalleti
    Laboratory of Microbial Pathogenesis, VA Medical Center and Division of Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Carbohydr Res 341:557-62. 2006
    ..HRMAS NMR can distinguish detailed complex carbohydrate structures expressed on bacteria. NMA express both O-3 and O-4 acetylated polymers but not in equimolar ratio amounts in vivo...