CarboDB Capsular polysaccharide 1846
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[edit] Carbohydrate Name
Capsular polysaccharide
[edit] Carbohydrate Class
Capsular polysaccharide
[edit] Source Microbe
Neisseria meningitidis
[edit] Basic Structure
It consists of a homopolymer of α(2-->8)-linked sialic acid residues
[edit] Proposed functions
It is an important virulence factor
[edit] Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies
Human granulocytes
[edit] Carrier Name
nil
[edit] Conjugation Method
nil
[edit] Antibodies
Mab My-28
[edit] Antibody type and class
IgM
[edit] Assay System
ELISA, immunoblotting
[edit] Cross-reactivity
This Mab reacted with N.meningitidis types 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 9
[edit] Proposed epitopes
Lacto-N-neotetraose residue seemed to constitute the epitope
[edit] Proposed Utility
N/A
