title: Immunological characterization of Yersinia enterocolitica O:9 and O:3 LPS antigens by monoclonal antibodies.
abstract: LPS-specific monoclonal antibodies induced against Y. enterocolitica serotype O:9 bacteria and against Y. enterocolitica O:3 were used in a comparative study to characterize the O:9 and O:3 LPS. Yersinia bacteria grown at 22 degrees C and 37 degrees C and LPS preparations thereof were tested. SDS-PAGE, Western blot analysis and adsorption procedures revealed that LPS of Y. enterocolitica O:9 differed from that of Y. enterocolitica O:3 in: (i) its repeating LPS O-side-chain sugar, (ii) its shorter length of the LPS O-side-chain and (iii) its failure to show temperature-dependent variation in the length of O-side-chains.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Klinische Mikrobiologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weninger
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wartenberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Röllinghoff
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D004285:Dogs; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides