title: STUDIES ON THE FLEXNER GROUP OF DYSENTERY BACILLI : IV. THE SEROLOGICAL AND TOXIC PROPERTIES OF THE SOMATIC ANTIGENS.
abstract: 1. The toxicity of killed dysentery bacilli can be ascribed to the somatic antigen. Antibodies to intact dysentery bacilli apparently contain no toxin-neutralizing antibodies other than those which precipitate the purified somatic antigen. 2. The serological properties of dysentery bacilli are determined by the specific somatic antigen. The specificity and cross-reactivity of the somatic antigen are dependent upon the carbohydrate moiety of the molecular complex.
authors.affiliation: Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Perlman
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Goebel