PolysacDB Lipoarabinomannan like polysaccharides 2614

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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

Lipoarabinomannan like polysaccharides

Carbohydrate Class

Miscellaneous

Source Microbe

Mycobacterium paratuberculosis

Basic Structure

N/A

Proposed functions

N/A

Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

Whole cell extract

Carrier Name

nil

Conjugation Method

nil

Antibodies

Mab PII-D5

Antibody type and class

IgG2b

Assay System

ELISA, ConA lectin Affinity Chromatography

Cross-reactivity

This antibody was cross-reactive to M, tuberculosis, M. kansasii, M.avium

Proposed epitopes

N/A

Proposed Utility

using this antibody it was for the first time proposed that LaM like poysaccharides were released into the growth medium during mycobacterial growth

Weblink

PubMed Central

External Links

• Link to PolysacDB database