PolysacDB Unknown carbohydrate 1542

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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

[edit] Carbohydrate Name

Unknown carbohydrate

[edit] Carbohydrate Class

Miscellaneous

[edit] Source Microbe

Leishmania tropica (LRC-L137)

[edit] Basic Structure

N/A

[edit] Proposed functions

N/A

[edit] Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

L. tropica (LRC-L137) promastigotes

[edit] Carrier Name

nil

[edit] Conjugation Method

nil

[edit] Antibodies

Mab L-5-85

[edit] Antibody type and class

IgG2a

[edit] Assay System

solid-phase radioimmunoassay, Indirect fluorescent antibody test

[edit] Cross-reactivity

This Mab cross-reacted with 4 strains of L. tropica - L137, L287, L251, L38. It also cross-reacted with L. enriettii L144 strain

[edit] Proposed epitopes

N/A

[edit] Proposed Utility

This Mab would allow the study of the origin and the location of the Leishmania spp. antigens on the macrophage membrane as well as the characterization of these antigens in terms of their relationship to host histocompatibility antigens involved in antigen presentation

[edit] Weblink

PubMed Central

[edit] External Links

• Link to PolysacDB database