Identification of antigens reacting with anti-Candida albicans germ tube antibodies.
Anti-Candida albicans germ tube antibodies can be induced in rabbits immunized with different C. albicans extracts. Antigens responsible for the induction of those antibodies have molecular weights of approximately 230-250, 62, 43 and 41 kDa. These antigens are present in the cell wall of both C. albicans morphological forms, although their location seems to be different.
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Departamento de Microbiologia e Inmunologia, Facultad de Medicina y Odontologia, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain.
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D000818:Animals; D000908:Antibodies, Fungal / Q000276:immunology*; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D000946:Antigens, Fungal / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000276:immunology*; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000276:immunology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011817:Rabbits
D000908:Antibodies, Fungal; D000946:Antigens, Fungal; D000939:Epitopes