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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-7-26
pubmed:abstractText
A tryptic peptide of bovine beta-casein (amino acid residues 184-202) was used as a model antigen to investigate how the relative position of the (helper) T cell and B cell determinants on a protein antigen influences the antibody response. Immunization with the peptide elicited a considerably higher anti-peptide response in the C3H/He strain than in the C57BL/6 strain, despite the fact that the C57BL/6 T cells showed higher reactivity than the C3H/He T cells. The T cell and B cell determinants of the peptide were identified in these two strains. Each strain recognized a single B cell determinant and a single T cell determinant. In the C3H/He strain, the T and B cell determinants were located apart from one another, while the T and B cell determinants of the C57BL/6 strain were located in a region close each other. The results suggest that the level of an antibody response depends on the topological relationship of the T cell and B cell determinants on the antigen molecule.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
169
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
803-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Relative positioning of the T cell and B cell determinants on an immunogenic peptide: its influence on antibody response.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article