CarboDB Unknown carbohydrate 1713

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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

Carbohydrate Name

Unknown carbohydrate

Carbohydrate Class

Miscellaneous

Source Microbe

Mycobacterium leprae

Basic Structure

N/A

Proposed functions

N/A

Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

supernatant fraction of sonicated M. leprae

Carrier Name

nil

Conjugation Method

nil

Antibodies

Mab ML34

Antibody type and class

IgM

Assay System

Radioimmunoassays, immunoblotting

Cross-reactivity

This Mab was highly cross-reactive and cross-reacted with all ten mycobacterial strains studied except for M. avium, M. neoaurum, M. kansasii and M strain W

Proposed epitopes

N/A

Proposed Utility

This Mab may represent a novel valuable diagnostic reagent as well as tool for the purification of antigens which could be explored towards prophylactic or therapeutic immunization against leprosy.

Weblink

PubMed Central

External Links

• Link to CarboDB database