PolysacDB 1536

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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

Excreted Factor [EF] antigen

Carbohydrate Class

Miscellaneous

Source Microbe

Leishmania tropica major

Basic Structure

N/A

Proposed functions

N/A

Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

glutaraldehyde-fixed promastigotes

Carrier Name

nil

Conjugation Method

nil

Antibodies

Mab WIC 79.3

Antibody type and class

IgG1

Assay System

Immunodiffusion

Cross-reactivity

This Mab was quite specific and reacted only with EFs of serotype Al and A4 [Israeli and Russian L. tropica major]

Proposed epitopes

N/A

Proposed Utility

This Mab would help in the serotyping of Leishmania species

Weblink

PubMed Central

External Links

• Link to PolysacDB database