PolysacDB Lipopolysaccharide 2591
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[edit] Carbohydrate Name
Lipopolysaccharide
[edit] Carbohydrate Class
Lipopolysaccharide
[edit] Source Microbe
Rhizobium leguminosarum Strain B556
[edit] Basic Structure
N/A
[edit] Proposed functions
Structural modifications of Rhizobium LPS may play an important role in the adaptation of endosymbiotic rhizobia to the surrounding microenvironment
[edit] Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies
Whole cells
[edit] Carrier Name
nil
[edit] Conjugation Method
nil
[edit] Antibodies
Mab AFRC JIM 30
[edit] Antibody type and class
IgM
[edit] Assay System
ELISA, immunoblotting
[edit] Cross-reactivity
This Mab was specific to the immunizing strain
[edit] Proposed epitopes
N/A
[edit] Proposed Utility
This Mab may help study the structural modifications of Rhizobium LPS that may play an important role in the physiological adaptation of rhizobia to the microenvironmental conditions of the nodule, in particular in the adaptation of endosymbiotic bacteroids to the peribacteroid fluid