Monoclonal antibody to Streptococcus mutans type e cell wall polysaccharide antigen.
A monoclonal antibody against the polysaccharide antigen of Streptococcus mutans serotype e was prepared. It was found that beta-methyl-D-glucopyranoside and cellobiose markedly inhibited the precipitin reaction, whereas maltose showed no inhibition. The beta-glucosyl moiety of the type e polysaccharide seems to be the predominant antigenic determinant of the antigen.
Kato
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H
Ota
F
F
Fukui
K
K
Yagawa
K
K
D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000276:immunology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial