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DOI: 10.1039/A704127F (Paper) Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1997, 2087-2088

Synthetic carbohydrate-based vaccines: synthesis of an L-glycero-D-manno-heptose antigen–T-epitope–lipopeptide conjugate

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Frank Reichel, Peter R. Ashton and Geert-Jan Boons

Abstract

A facile and highly efficient synthesis of a glycopeptidolipid containing a heptose sugar, a synthetic T-epitope and a synthetic immunoadjuvant is presented which represents an important step towards the development of a fully synthetic vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis.

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