title: Use of synthetic peptides in characterization of microbial adhesins.
abstract: The characterization of microbial adhesins is greatly facilitated by the use of synthetic peptides. Synthetic peptides can be used to identify specific antigenic epitopes, to delineate receptor-binding domain of adhesins, and to facilitate the characterization of the adhesin, and they allow for a direct examination of structure-binding relationships.
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001665:Binding Sites; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D004187:Disaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D018604:Epitope Mapping; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D005677:G(M1) Ganglioside / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D004187:Disaccharides; D000939:Epitopes; D010455:Peptides; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; C047105:bacterial adhesin receptor; D005677:G(M1) Ganglioside; C018835:asialo GM1 ganglioside