"O Antigens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The lipopolysaccharide-protein somatic antigens, usually from gram-negative bacteria, important in the serological classification of enteric bacilli. The O-specific chains determine the specificity of the O antigens of a given serotype. O antigens are the immunodominant part of the lipopolysaccharide molecule in the intact bacterial cell. (From Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D019081
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.698.718.450.600 D10.494.600 D23.050.161.616.525.600 D23.946.123.329.500.600
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| Concept/Terms |
O Antigens- O Antigens
- Antigens, O
- O Antigen
- Antigen, O
- O-Specific Polysaccharides
- O Specific Polysaccharides
- Polysaccharides, O-Specific
- O-Specific Polysaccharide
- O Specific Polysaccharide
- Polysaccharide, O-Specific
- O Antigen, Bacterial
- Antigen, Bacterial O
- Bacterial O Antigen
- O-Antigens
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