title: Species-specific monoclonal antibody to a 43,000-molecular-weight membrane protein of Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
abstract: A murine immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody was produced that binds to a protease-sensitive, periodate-insensitive epitope on a 43,000-molecular-weight Mycoplasma pneumoniae membrane polypeptide. The 43,000-molecular-weight polypeptide appeared to be a major antigenic component of M. pneumoniae, as determined by immunoblot analysis. This monoclonal antibody reacted with 33 different clinical isolates of M. pneumoniae, but not with normal-flora Mycoplasma species or 18 other microorganisms potentially inhabiting the normal or diseased human respiratory tract. This apparent species-specific monoclonal antibody may have application for the detection of M. pneumoniae antigen in clinical specimens.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology*; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D000939:Epitopes / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D000939:Epitopes