Abstract |
Comparison of the polypeptide patterns of 22 isolates of M. ovipneumoniae by sodium dodecyl sulphate- polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) showed a marked degree of heterogeneity with only limited groupings identifiable. Of the 50 major polypeptides identified in one strain (956/2), 35 were shown to be antigenic using immunoblotting with a homologous polyclonal serum. Radioimmune precipitation of 125I-surface-labelled proteins and phase partition using Triton X-114 detergent indicated that these were membrane associated. Cross-reactivity between the isolates was examined by immunoblotting using one polyclonal serum and four monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), all raised against strain 956/2. The polyclonal serum revealed considerable antigenic heterogeneity, but at least nine major antigens were conserved across all isolates. Two MAbs cross-reacted with all 22 strains, but the other two MAbs allowed some differentiation of the strains. One (MO/3) divided the isolates into groups of 16 and 6 based on the presence of absence of a 26-kDa antigen. All strains isolated from sheep with pulmonary adenomatosis fell into the smaller group and did not possess the 26-kDa antigen.
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Authors | D Thirkell, R K Spooner, G E Jones, W C Russell |
Journal | Veterinary microbiology
(Vet Microbiol)
Vol. 21
Issue 3
Pg. 241-54
(Jan 1990)
ISSN: 0378-1135 [Print] Netherlands |
PMID | 2305546
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Peptides
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Topics |
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
(immunology)
- Antigenic Variation
- Antigens, Bacterial
(analysis)
- Cross Reactions
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Immunoblotting
- Molecular Weight
- Mycoplasma
(immunology)
- Peptides
(analysis)
- Precipitin Tests
- Sheep
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