PolysacDB Capsular polysaccharide 1891
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[edit] Carbohydrate Name
Capsular polysaccharide
[edit] Carbohydrate Class
Capsular polysaccharide
[edit] Source Microbe
Neisseria meningitidis group B
[edit] Basic Structure
It consists of a homopolymer of α(2-->8)-linked sialic acid residues
[edit] Proposed functions
It is an important virulence factor
[edit] Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies
Whole cells
[edit] Carrier Name
nil
[edit] Conjugation Method
nil
[edit] Antibodies
Mab 62
[edit] Antibody type and class
IgM
[edit] Assay System
Counter immunoelectrophoresis and slide agglutination tests
[edit] Cross-reactivity
This Mab was specific to group B polysaccharide and did not cross-react with Haemophilus influenza and Streptococcus pneumoniae
[edit] Proposed epitopes
N/A
[edit] Proposed Utility
This Mab can be used in culture identification.
