INVITRO NEUTRALIZATION OF CHLAMYDIA-TRACHOMATIS BY MONOVALENT FAB ANTIBODY SPECIFIC TO THE MAJOR OUTER-MEMBRANE PROTEIN

被引:47
作者
SU, H [1 ]
CALDWELL, HD [1 ]
机构
[1] NIAID,ROCKY MT LABS,INTRACELLULAR PARASITES LAB,HAMILTON,MT 59840
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D O I
10.1128/IAI.59.8.2843-2845.1991
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Monovalent Fab antibodies to serovar- and subspecies-specific epitopes of the major outer membrane protein (MOMP) of Chlamydia trachomatis neutralized infectivity for hamster kidney cells by preventing chlamydial attachment. These findings exclude the aggregation of chlamydiae as a mechanism of anti-MOMP neutralization and provide additional evidence in support of the MOMP as a chlamydial adhesin.
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页码:2843 / 2845
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