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Methods for Quantitative Detection of Antibody-induced Complement Activation on Red Blood Cells
Published on: January 29, 2014
STAPHYLOCOCCAL ALPHA-HEMOLYSIN: DETECTION ON THE ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE BY IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE
Abstract:
Purified staphylococcal alpha-hemolysin (but not the toxoid) was demonstrated on the surface of rabbit and human erythrocytes by immunofluorescence. This occurred during the period of maximal hemolysis and was a transient event. These findings have been analyzed in relation to previous data on the kinetics of leakage of both small and complex molecular constituents of the erythrocyte.

