Monoclonal antibodies to the epitope α-Gal-(1-4)-β-Gal-(1- of Moraxella catarrhalis LPS react with a similar epitope in type IV pili of Neisseria meningitidis

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 299-308

  Rahman, Motiur ^a,b   Jonsson, Ann Beth ^a   Holme, Tord ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Epitope; Glycosylation; LPS; Monoclonal antibody; Moraxella catarrhalis; Neisseria meningitidis; Pili

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; EPITOPE; GALABIOSE DERIVATIVE; GALACTOSE; GLOBOTRIOSE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLYCOSYLATION; HYBRIDOMA; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MOUSE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MURINAE; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0031802908     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1997.0191     Document Type: Article

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