Patent ID: 6391634
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: C07K,G01N

Abstract:
A hybridoma which is capable of producing a monoclonal antibody which:(i) has been raised against the cell walls of Group A Streptococci; and (ii) is specific to mammalian cells or membranes, or mammalian immunoglobulins of the IgG class, containing terminal N-acetylglucosamine residues; wherein, in an enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay, said monoclonal antibody is:(i) negative to fetuin; and (ii) positive to: (a) bovine serum albumin conjugated to N-acetylglucosamine residues; (b) fetuin which has been treated with sialidase and galactosidase; and (c) immunoglobulins which have been denatured.