PolysacDB Em492 antigen 1086

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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

Em492 antigen

Carbohydrate Class

Miscellaneous

Source Microbe

Echinococcus multilocularis

Basic Structure

N/A

Proposed functions

N/A

Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

Whole cells

Carrier Name

nil

Conjugation Method

nil

Antibodies

Mab E492/G1

Antibody type and class

IgG1

Assay System

ELISA, immunoaffinity chromatography and immunohistochemistry

Cross-reactivity

This antibody cross-reacted with a similar antigen on E. granulosus

Proposed epitopes

The epitope was proposed to consist of Gal α(1,4)-Gal residues

Proposed Utility

This Mab may help in revealing the biological relevance of the Em492 antigen during E. multilocularis infection

Weblink

[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=PMC344003 &tool=pmcentrez&rendertype=abstract PubMed Central]

External Links

• Link to PolysacDB database