Structural studies on the immunogenic form of the enterobacterial common antigen

Eur J Biochem. 1978 Jul 17;88(1):211-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1978.tb12440.x.

Abstract

It has been shown that enterobacterial common antigen is chemically linked to the hexose region of the R1-type lipopolysaccharide fo the Escherichia coli strain F470 which is immunogenic for this antigen. The number of R core stubs substituted is very small but it is a-parently sufficient to induce antibody formation to the enterobacterial common antigen in the rabbit.

MeSH terms

  • Acetylglucosamine / metabolism
  • Antibody Formation
  • Antigens, Bacterial / analysis*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / immunology*
  • Escherichia coli / immunology
  • Hexoses / analysis
  • Lipids / analysis
  • Lipopolysaccharides / immunology
  • Lipopolysaccharides / metabolism
  • Oligosaccharides / analysis
  • Salmonella / immunology

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Hexoses
  • Lipids
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Oligosaccharides
  • enterobacterial common antigen
  • Acetylglucosamine