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ArticleClinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology2001

Characterization of a monoclonal antibody that binds to an epitope on soluble bacterial peptidoglycan fragments.

G J Merkel, B A Scofield

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Article in Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

G J MerkelDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805, USA. merkel@ipfw.edu
B A Scofield
Indiana University · USIndiana University School of Medicine

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We employed an inhibition-type enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to characterize a murine immunoglobulin M monoclonal antibody (MAb) that bound soluble macromolecular peptidoglycan (PG). With this ELISA, the MAb was capable of detecting soluble PG concentrations of less than 10 ng/ml. Enzymatic digestion of PG reduced binding by more than 100-fold, implying that the epitope recognized by this antibody depended on repeating subunits within the glycan backbone. Additionally, the MAb bound to epitopes on both O-acetylated and non-O-acetylated PG fragments from gram-negative bacteria, as well as PG fragments from Staphylococcus aureus and PG fragments released into the medium by a number of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

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AnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibody SpecificityAntigen-Antibody ReactionsAntigens, BacterialEpitopesNeisseria gonorrhoeaePeptidoglycanAntibodies, BacterialAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, BacterialEpitopesPeptidoglycan

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PMID11329475
PMCPMC96118
OpenAlexW2166914569

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