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Synthesis and TNF-α inducing activities of mycoloyl-arabinan motif of mycobacterial cell wall components
Ishiwata, Akihiro,Akao, Hiroko,Ito, Yukishige,Sunagawa, Makoto,Kusunose, Naoto,Kashiwazaki, Yasuo
, p. 3049 - 3061 (2006)
The extract of the cell wall skeleton of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG-CWS) from Mycobacterium bovis is known to be an activator of innate immunity. Synthesis of pentaarabinofuranoside as part of the arabinan moiety of BCG-CWS was achieved by double α-ara
