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Anti‐Carbohydrate Antibodies for the Detection of Anthrax Spores
Author(s) -
Tamborrini Marco,
Werz Daniel B.,
Frey Joachim,
Pluschke Gerd,
Seeberger Peter H.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200602048
Subject(s) - tetrasaccharide , monoclonal antibody , bacillus anthracis , spore , monosaccharide , microbiology and biotechnology , biological warfare , antibody , biology , virology , immunology , bacteria , biochemistry , polysaccharide , toxicology , genetics
Sweet traitor: Monoclonal antibodies against a tetrasaccharide that contains the unique monosaccharide anthrose, which is found on the surface of B. anthracis spores, are used to selectively detect this biowarfare threat.