CarboDB Lipopolysaccharide 1158

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Contents 1 Carbohydrate Name 2 Carbohydrate Class 3 Source Microbe 4 Basic Structure 5 Proposed functions 6 Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies 7 Carrier Name 8 Conjugation Method 9 Antibodies 10 Antibody type and class 11 Assay System 12 Cross-reactivity 13 Proposed epitopes 14 Proposed Utility 15 Weblink 16 External Links

[edit] Carbohydrate Name

Lipopolysaccharide

[edit] Carbohydrate Class

Lipopolysaccharide

[edit] Source Microbe

Bacteroides gingivalis

[edit] Basic Structure

LPS polysaccharide of B. gingivalis may represent a virulence factor

[edit] Proposed functions

Capsular polysaccharide of B. gingivalis may represent a virulence factor

[edit] Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

Whole cells of B. gingivalis

[edit] Carrier Name

nil

[edit] Conjugation Method

nil

[edit] Antibodies

Mab BBG-25

[edit] Antibody type and class

IgM

[edit] Assay System

Immunoblotting

[edit] Cross-reactivity

did not cross-react with members of the family Enterobacteriaceae or with LPS of any of the other Bacteroides species

[edit] Proposed epitopes

N/A

[edit] Proposed Utility

This anti-LPS MAb, BBG-25, which shows specificity toward B. gingivalis LPS, represents an immunochemical reagent that will help in identifying B. gingivalis LPS in bacterial extracts

[edit] Weblink

271363&tool=pmcentrez&rendertype=abstract PubMed Central

[edit] External Links

• Link to CarboDB database