PolysacDB ID | 1561 |
Carbohydrate Name | Lipopolysaccharide (Drugpedia) |
Carbohydrate Class | Lipopolysaccharide |
Microbe | Leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni (NCBI Taxonomy) (Drugpedia) |
Basic Structure | N/A
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BCSDB Structure | N/A |
Proposed functions | N/A |
Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies | A suspension of serovar copenhageni strain H45 leptospires |
Carrier Name | Nil |
Conjugation Method | Nil |
Antibodies | Mab MUM/F 1 - 1 /copenhageni |
Antibody type and class | IgA |
Assay System | Enzyme immunoassay, immunodiffusion and immunoblotting, Passive protection experiments |
Cross-reactivity | This Mab reacted with 1 1 of the 17 serovars of the Icterohaemorrhagiae serogroup, but did not react significantly with representative serovars of the other serogroups of L. interrogans or other species of Leptospira |
Proposed epitopes | N/A |
IEDB Epitope | N/A |
Proposed Utility | This Mab opsonised viable leptospires for phagocytosis and was further shown to protect against lethal infection in susceptible animals |
Curator ID | AA + AS |
Date of Curation | 08-09-2010
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References | 2430103 |