PolysacDB: A comprehensive database of microbial polysaccharide antigens and their antibodies

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Citation: Aithal A, Sharma A, Joshi S, Raghava GPS, Varshney GC (2012) PolysacDB: A Database of Microbial Polysaccharide Antigens and Their Antibodies. PLoS ONE 7(4): e34613. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034613
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PolysacDB ID2589
Carbohydrate NameLipopolysaccharide   (Drugpedia)
Carbohydrate ClassLipopolysaccharide
MicrobeRhizobium leguminosarum Strain B556   (NCBI Taxonomy)   (Drugpedia)
Basic StructureN/A
BCSDB StructureN/A
Proposed functionsStructural modifications of Rhizobium LPS may play an important role in the adaptation of endosymbiotic rhizobia to the surrounding microenvironment
Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodiesWhole cells
Carrier NameNil
Conjugation MethodNil
AntibodiesMab AFRC MAC 333
Antibody type and classIgM
Assay SystemELISA, immunoblotting
Cross-reactivityThis Mab was specific to the immunizing strain
Proposed epitopesN/A
IEDB EpitopeN/A
Proposed UtilityThis 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
Curator IDAA + AS
Date of Curation10-07-2011
ReferencesPMC205308


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