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Mycoplasma genitalium and Mycoplasma pneumoniae Share a 67 Kilodalton Protein as a Main Cross‐Reactive Antigen
Author(s) -
Sasaki Yuko,
Shintani Miharu,
Watanabe Haruo,
Sasaki Tsuguo
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1989.tb03164.x
Subject(s) - mycoplasma pneumoniae , mycoplasma genitalium , kilodalton , biology , antigen , mycoplasma , mycoplasmataceae , microbiology and biotechnology , western blot , mollicutes , monoclonal antibody , antibody , virology , immunology , gene , chlamydia trachomatis , medicine , biochemistry , pneumonia
It was demonstrated that a 67 kilodalton (kDa) protein of Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a main cross‐reactive antigen with similar molecular weight protein of Mycoplasma genitalium by Western blot analysis using monoclonal antibody to 67 kDa protein of M. pneumoniae and hyperimmune rabbit sera directed against each mycoplasma strain.