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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
Three epitopes have been localized by immunoelectron microscopy on subunit Aa6 of the 4 x 6-meric hemocyanin of the scorpion Androctonus australis. Soluble immunocomplexes composed of monoclonal antibodies and of native hemocyanin were purified, negatively stained with uranyle acetate by the single-layer technique, and examined under the electron microscope (EM). The molecule images were digitized, aligned, and submitted to correspondence analysis according to the method of Van Heel and Frank (Ultramicroscopy 6:187-194, 1981). A high-precision localization of the attachment point of the Fab arm to the antigen was achieved through a careful analysis of the average images. This method easily allowed the discrimination of epitopes located in different domains (Mr 20 kDa) of the same subunit. Nonoverlapping epitopes located in the same structural domain of subunit Aa6 could be distinguished by the stain exclusion patterns of their Fab arms. The method is general and may be used for epitope mapping in any antigen producing definite EM views.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0887-3585
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
161-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Intramolecular localization of epitopes within an oligomeric protein by immunoelectron microscopy and image processing.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Biochimie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't