PolysacDB Unknown carbohydrate 1090

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Carbohydrate Name

Unknown carbohydrate

Carbohydrate Class

Miscellaneous

Source Microbe

Entamoeba histolytica

Basic Structure

N/A


Proposed functions

N/A

Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

Plasma membrane and whole cells

Carrier Name

nil

Conjugation Method

nil

Antibodies

Mab 2D7.10

Antibody type and class

IgG2b

Assay System

ELISA, immunoblotting

Cross-reactivity

This antibody Was specific to Entamoeba histolytica and did not cross-react with the other Entamoeba isolates

Proposed epitopes

N/A


Proposed Utility

This Mab would help in the study of carbohydrate antigens that may have relevance in the studies on the mechanism of pathogenicity of the microbe.

Weblink

[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=PMC313678 &tool=pmcentrez&rendertype=abstract PubMed Central]

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