Extracellular proteins of tubercle bacilli. IV. Alpha and beta antigens as major extracellular protein products and as cellular components of a strain (H37Rv) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Year: 1965
Type: article
Abstract: uMMARY The contents of two distinct protein antigens, a and ,, in unheated culture filtrates of a virulent strain (H37Rv) of IV!ycob@cteii'!,?11 tt, bel'c!,/on:, and their association \\, ith the bacterial cell \\, ere studied.Quantitative precipitation employing specific anti-a and -, rabbit sera showed that the proteiiT components responsible for a and A antigens comprised ITearly 70 per cent of the total protein released by the strain H37Rvinto the medium.Evidence is also presented indicatin that botlT a and fi antigens are present onjin the cells of tile tubercle bacilli presumably as surface components.
Source: PubMed
DOI: 10.18910/82936
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2418917659