THE DIAGNOSTIC-VALUE AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ECHINOCOCCUS-MULTILOCULARIS ANTIGEN GENE CLONE

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作者
HEMMINGS, L [1 ]
MCMANUS, DP [1 ]
机构
[1] IMPERIAL COLL SCI TECHNOL & MED,DEPT PURE & APPL BIOL,LONDON,ENGLAND
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英国惠康基金;
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10.1016/0166-6851(91)90220-Z
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A diagnostic Echinococcus multilocularis antigen gene (EM4) has been expressed using the Escherichia coli expression vector pGEX-1 resulting in the high level synthesis of a readily purifiable, soluble, non-denatured peptide fuseed to the 26-kDa glutathione-S-transferase of Schistosoma japonicum. This recombinant antigen, on testing by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with heterologous human antisera, demonstrated 100% E. multilocularis specificity. Specific anti-EM4 antibody immunoprecipitated a single 66-kDa protein from protoscolex total RNA directed in vitro translation products indicating the probable involvement of post-translational modification in the production of the native EM4 antigens. Southern blotting analysis suggests that the EM4 native antigens are coded for by a single-copy gene and that the genomic organisation of the EM4 related genes in other parasites is not conserved. The nucleotide sequence of the cloned EM4 cDNA molecule has been obtained and the derived amino acid sequence shows no significant homology with other existing protein sequences. © 1991.
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