Characterization of the Antigenic Specificity of Four Different Anti-(α2→ 8-Linked Polysialic Acid) Antibodies Using Lipid-conjugated Oligo/Polysialic Acids (∗)

C Sato, K Kitajima, S Inoue, T Seki, FA Troy… - Journal of Biological …, 1995 - ASBMB
A rapid, sensitive, and facile method for screening and characterizing anti-polysialic acid
(polySia) antibodies using lipid-conjugated oligo/polysialic acids (oligo/polySia) was
developed, which is based on an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
Homooligo/polymers of α2→ 8-linked N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac), N-
glycolylneuraminic acid, and 2-keto-3-deoxy-D-galacto-nononic acid (KDN) were
conjugated with phosphatidylethanolamine dipalmitoyl (PE) by reductive amination to …