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EPSRC Reference: GR/K22334/01
Title: TOWARDS NEW CARBOHYDRATE DRUGS: A MOLECULAR RECOGNITION APPROACH
Principal Investigator: Boons, Professor G
Other Investigators:
Spencer, Dr N
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Department: School of Chemistry
Organisation: University of Birmingham
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 October 1994 Ends: 30 September 1997 Value (£): 151,708
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Carbohydrate Chemistry
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1.The synthesis of oligosaccharides dervied from the inner-core region of the Gram negative bacterium Neisseria meningitidis (1, 2a, 3a) and the preparation of conformationally restricted of chemically modified oligosaccharides (2b, c, 3b, c, 4 and 5).2. The determination of the three-dimensional structure of the synthetic oligosaccharides.3. To study the immunological properties of the modified oligosaccharides.
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