DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN MOUSE-VIRULENT AND MOUSE-AVIRULENT STRAINS OF TOXOPLASMA-GONDII BY A MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY RECOGNIZING A 27-KILODALTON ANTIGEN

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作者
BOHNE, W [1 ]
GROSS, U [1 ]
HEESEMANN, J [1 ]
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[1] UNIV WURZBURG,INST HYG & MICROBIOL,JOSEF SCHNEIDER STR 2,W-8700 WURZBURG,GERMANY
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10.1128/JCM.31.6.1641-1643.1993
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Using a murine monoclonal antibody, we were able to differentiate between mouse-virulent and -avirulent strains of Toxoplasma gondii. Monoclonal antibody TB6G5 was reactive with eight clinical mouse-avirulent isolates but not with mouse-virulent laboratory strains RH and BK. The antibody-reactive antigen was identified by indirect immunofluorescence and immunoblot as a 27-kDa cytoplasmic protein expressed by tachyzoites as well as by bradyzoites.
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