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2482473

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-3-2
pubmed:abstractText
Monoclonal antibodies directed against the 51 kD merozoite surface antigen of Plasmodium falciparum also bind to other antigens within the infected cell. The sizes of these cross-reacting antigens have been characterized. Immunofluorescence due to the reaction of one of the monoclonal antibodies with these cross-reacting antigens was localized in the intra-erythrocytic parasite and in granules in the infected red cell cytoplasm. This immunofluorescence could be distinguished from the merozoite surface antigen in parasite lines with a variant serotype of the merozoite surface antigen which fails to react with the monoclonal antibodies. It was found that the in-vitro growth inhibition caused by the presence of one of the monoclonal antibodies, 8G10/48, was dependent on the expression of the corresponding serotype of merozoite surface antigen, a finding consistent with the inhibitory effect of this antibody being primarily directed against the merozoite surface antigen and not the cross-reacting antigens. Analysis of the frequency at which epitopes occur suggests that such cross-reacting proteins will be commonly seen in malaria, without the need to postulate a selective advantage for such cross-reacting specificities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0141-9838
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
593-601
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Cross-reactivity of antibody against an epitope of the Plasmodium falciparum second merozoite surface antigen.
pubmed:affiliation
Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't