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Karl-Anders Karlsson

Researcher at University of Gothenburg

Publications -  183
Citations -  10494

Karl-Anders Karlsson is an academic researcher from University of Gothenburg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Glycolipid & Sialic acid. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 183 publications receiving 10315 citations.

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Identification of the carbohydrate receptor for Shiga toxin produced by Shigella dysenteriae type 1.

TL;DR: Glycolipid-bound, bilayer-close galabiose is proposed as the functional receptor for membrane penetration of the toxin, while galabioses bound in glycoproteins affords binding sites but is not able to mediate penetration.
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Microbial recognition of target-cell glycoconjugates

TL;DR: Information of conceptual interest, including crystal structures of protein-saccharide complexes and convincing models of target membrane penetration, continues to emerge for viruses and bacterial toxins.
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Specificity of binding of a strain of uropathogenic Escherichia coli to Gal alpha 1----4Gal-containing glycosphingolipids.

TL;DR: A strain of Escherichia coli originally isolated from urine of a patient with acute pyelonephritis was studied in detail for binding to glycosphingolipids and showed a bend in the saccharide chain at this disaccharide with a largely hydrophobic surface of the convex side.