PolysacDB Unknown carbohydrate 1485

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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

Histoplasma capsulatum

Basic Structure

N/A

Proposed functions

N/A

Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

disrupted yeast cell homogenate of Histoplasma capsulatum

Carrier Name

nil

Conjugation Method

nil

Antibodies

Mab 4

Antibody type and class

IgG3

Assay System

ELISA, immunoblotting and Solid-phase radioimmunoassay

Cross-reactivity

MAb 4 cross-reacted with B. dermatitidis, C. albicans, Coccidioides immitis, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Proposed epitopes

N/A

Proposed Utility

MAbs may prove useful in the development of more specific immunodiagnostic tests for histoplasmosis

Weblink

PubMed Central

External Links

• Link to PolysacDB database