Open AccessLocalization on the cell surface of streptococcal protein antigen A
Author(s) -
Holt Robert G.,
Wynder Howard J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1994.tb06822.x
Subject(s) - streptococcus sobrinus , immunoelectron microscopy , polyclonal antibodies , antigen , biology , antibody , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , bacteria , immunology , streptococcus mutans , genetics
The cellular localization of the major surface protein SpaA of Streptococcus sobrinus 6175 was examined by immunoelectron microscopy with rabbit polyclonal antibodies directed against purified SpaA protein. Immunoelectron microscopic analysis of thin sections of S. sobrinus cells revealed that the SpaA protein is associated with the fibrillar fuzzy coat of S. sobrinus cells and appears to be distributed over the entire surface of S. sobrinus cells.