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A polysaccharide derivative made up of repeating units of alpha-D-Galp-(1->4)-alpha-D-NeupAc, joined together by glycosidic linkages between position 2 of the N-acetylneuraminyl residues and position 6 of the galactosyl residues.
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Formula=(C17H27NO13)n; N. meningitidis group W-135 polysaccharide; Neisseria meningitidis group W-135 polysaccharide; [6)-alpha-D-Gal-(1->4)-alpha-D-NeuAc-(2->]n; meningococcal polysaccharide W-135