| PolysacDB ID | 1889 |
| Carbohydrate Name | Capsular polysaccharide (Drugpedia) |
| Carbohydrate Class | Capsular polysaccharide |
| Microbe | Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B (NCBI Taxonomy) (Drugpedia) |
| Basic Structure | It consists of a homopolymer of α(2-->8)-linked sialic acid residues
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| BCSDB Structure | 7487
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| Proposed functions | It is an important virulence factor |
| Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies | Whole cells |
| Carrier Name | Nil |
| Conjugation Method | Nil |
| Antibodies | Mab MB22 |
| Antibody type and class | IgM |
| Assay System | Counter immunoelectrophoresis and slide agglutination tests |
| Cross-reactivity | This Mab was specific to group B polysaccharide and did not cross-react with Haemophilus influenza and Streptococcus pneumoniae. This Mab also cross-reacted with N. meningitidis group C polysaccharide antigen, an alpha (2->9)-linked homopolymer of sialic acid residues |
| Proposed epitopes | N/A |
| IEDB Epitope | N/A |
| Proposed Utility | This Mab can be used in culture identification. |
| Curator ID | AA + AS |
| Date of Curation | 23-11-2010
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| References | PMC269298 |