Abstract:A conjugate of C. dubliniensis cell-wall mannan and human serum albumin (HSA) induced significant level of anti-mannan IgGs in sera of immunized rabbits, whereas mannan alone was not immunogenic. Binding affinities of anti-mannan IgGs induced by the conjugate were evaluated by inhibition ELISA (iELISA) using mannooligosaccharides (dimer-octamer), derived from the side chains of C. dubliniensis mannan, as the inhibitors. Inhibition power of the mannooligosaccharides increased exponentially with their size, with… Show more
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