Open AccessBoth CP15 and CP25 are left as trails behind gliding sporozoites of Cryptosporidium parvum (Apicomplexa)
Author(s) -
Tilley Michael,
Upton Steve 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.tb07045.x
Subject(s) - cryptosporidium parvum , immunogold labelling , apicomplexa , monoclonal antibody , cryptosporidium , biology , immunoelectron microscopy , microbiology and biotechnology , antibody , antigen , virology , immunology , protozoal disease , malaria , feces
Sporozoites of Cryptosporidium parvum were examined after gliding upon glass microscope slides using monoclonal antibodies to the 15 and 25 kDa surface molecules and immunogold‐silver enhancement. Both antibodies bound to surface antigen deposited as trails behind parasites, suggesting that both surface molecules are involved in substrate attachment.