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Characterization of mycobacterial immunoprecipitates by selective staining of enzymes
M Ridell1, R Ohman, G Wallerström
1Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
Journal of General Microbiology
|July 1, 1987
Abstract:
Immune precipitation patterns of Mycobacterium intracellulare, M. phlei and M. smegmatis were analysed by selective enzyme staining procedures in order to characterize individual mycobacterial antigens. Enzyme activity was shown in eight precipitinogens of M. intracellulare, seven of M. phlei, and six of M. smegmatis. The identification of mycobacterial precipitinogens as enzymes is important since only a few mycobacterial antigens have been functionally characterized.