PolysacDB 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

Carbohydrate Name

Lipopolysaccharide

Carbohydrate Class

Lipopolysaccharide

Source Microbe

Bacteroides gingivalis

Basic Structure

LPS polysaccharide of B. gingivalis may represent a virulence factor

Proposed functions

Capsular polysaccharide of B. gingivalis may represent a virulence factor

Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

Whole cells of B. gingivalis

Carrier Name

nil

Conjugation Method

nil

Antibodies

Mab BBG-25

Antibody type and class

IgM

Assay System

Immunoblotting

Cross-reactivity

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

Proposed epitopes

N/A

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

Weblink

271363&tool=pmcentrez&rendertype=abstract PubMed Central

External Links

• Link to PolysacDB database