Monoclonal antibodies to Leishmania mexicana promastigote antigens I. Secreted acid phosphatase and other proteins share epitopes with lipophosphoglycan

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 175-180

  Ilg, Thomas ^a   Menz, Beatrice ^a,c   Winter, Gerhard ^a   Russell, David G ^b   Etges, Robert ^a,d   Schell, Dietmar ^a   Overath, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase; Immunoblots; Leishmania mexicana; Lipophosphoglycan; Monoclonal antibodies; Post translational modification

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITOPES; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; HYBRIDOMAS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

LEISHMANIA MEXICANA;

EID: 0025865562     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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