1989
Amastigote and epimastigote stage-specific components of Trypanosoma cruzi characterized by using monoclonal antibodies. Purification and molecular characterization of an 83-kilodalton amastigote protein.
Pan A, McMahon-Pratt D. Amastigote and epimastigote stage-specific components of Trypanosoma cruzi characterized by using monoclonal antibodies. Purification and molecular characterization of an 83-kilodalton amastigote protein. The Journal Of Immunology 1989, 143: 1001-8. PMID: 2501384, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.143.3.1001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTissue culture-derived trypomastigotesTrypanosoma cruziCruzi amastigotesPreliminary sequence dataStage-specific componentsCulture-derived trypomastigotesStage-specific monoclonal antibodiesSingle protein moleculesMembrane-enriched preparationsAmino acid compositionSequence dataEpimastigote membranesHuman chagasic seraStage differentiationAxenic cultureMolecular characterizationT. cruzi amastigotesEpimastigotesProtein moleculesProteinChagas diseaseMonoclonal antibodiesLeishmania speciesAcid compositionChagasic sera
1983
Monoclonal antibodies specific for Leishmania tropica. I. Characterization of antigens associated with stage- and species-specific determinants.
Jaffe C, McMahon-Pratt D. Monoclonal antibodies specific for Leishmania tropica. I. Characterization of antigens associated with stage- and species-specific determinants. The Journal Of Immunology 1983, 131: 1987-93. PMID: 6194223, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.131.4.1987.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecies-specific determinantsPromastigote stageDifferent cell surface proteinsCell surface proteinsMonoclonal antibody bindsMembrane-enriched preparationsCell surface componentsL. tropica complexAdditional proteinsKilodalton proteinClone TTrypanosoma cruziSurface proteinsProteinMonoclonal antibodiesIntact promastigotesSurface componentsSolubilized 125IL. donovaniL. braziliensis braziliensisMajor promastigotesL. mexicana amazonensisPromastigotesI. CharacterizationCruzi