PolysacDB Unknown carbohydrate 1327

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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

Candida albicans B311

Basic Structure

N/A

Proposed functions

N/A

Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

Whole cells

Carrier Name

nil

Conjugation Method

nil

Antibodies

Mab 5B2

Antibody type and class

IgM

Assay System

ELISA, immunofluorescence, crossed immunoelectrophoresis

Cross-reactivity

This antibody cross-reacted with 5 strains of Candida albicans and also cross-reacted with Candida tropicalis and Candida stellatoidia but did not cross-react with T. glabrata and S. cerevisiae

Proposed epitopes

N/A

Proposed Utility

This Mab can be used to isolate surface components and determine the chemical structures that are responsible for the immunological differences. This Mab would facilitate the development of serological assays

Weblink

PubMed Central

External Links

• Link to PolysacDB database