Secondary cell wall polysaccharides of Bacillus anthracis are antigens that contain specific epitopes which cross-react with three pathogenic Bacillus cereus strains that caused severe disease, and other epitopes common to all the Bacillus cereus strains tested

Glycobiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 665-673

  Leoff, Christine ^a,c   Saile, Elke ^a,b   Rauvolfova, Jana ^a   Quinn, Conrad P ^b   Hoffmaster, Alex R ^b   Zhong, Wei ^a   Mehta, Alok S ^a   Boons, Geert Jan ^a   Carlson, Russell W ^a   Kannenberg, Elmar L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigens; Bacillus anthracis; Bacillus cereus; Polysaccharides; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; EPITOPE; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTHRAX; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX VACCINES; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MACACA MULATTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SERUM;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BOVINAE; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 65849118867     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwp036     Document Type: Article

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