Molecular structure of the 'low molecular weight antigen' of Toxoplasma gondii: A glucose α1-4 N-acetylgalactosamine makes free glycosyl-phosphatidylinositols highly immunogenic

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 797-813

  Striepen, Boris ^a,f   Zinecker, Christina F ^a   Damm, Jan B L ^b   Melgers, Pedro A T ^b   Gerwig, Gerrit J ^c   Koolen, Marck ^d   Vliegenthart, Johannes F G ^c   Dubremetz, Jean François ^e   Schwarz, Ralph T ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b NV ORGANON   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Organon Teknika   (Netherlands)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycoconjugate; Glycosyl phosphatidylinositols; Immunogenicity; Parasite; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; LECTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOGENICITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031557392     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0806     Document Type: Article

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