Williams NE, Honts JE, Dress VM, Nelsen EM, Frankel J. Monoclonal antibodies reveal complex structure in the membrane skeleton of Tetrahymena.
J Eukaryot Microbiol 1995;
42:422-7. [PMID:
7620468 DOI:
10.1111/j.1550-7408.1995.tb01606.x]
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Abstract
Twelve monoclonal antibodies were raised that are specific for the membrane skeleton of Tetrahymena. Five were directed against T. pyriformis and seven were directed against T. thermophila. Some cross-reactivity between species was found. Each monoclonal antibody recognized one of the three major components of epiplasm, i.e. the bands A, B, and C identified in electrophoretic separations of epiplasmic proteins. It was found, using these antibodies, that the epiplasmic proteins A, B and C have overlapping but independent distributions within the cell.
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