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SUBMITTER: Hancock K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC156563 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hancock Kathy K Khan Azra A Williams Fatima B FB Yushak Melinda L ML Pattabhi Sowmya S Noh John J Tsang Victor C W VC
Journal of clinical microbiology 20030601 6
The Western blot for cysticercosis, which uses lentil lectin purified glycoprotein (LLGP) antigens extracted from the metacestode of Taenia solium, has been the "gold standard" serodiagnostic assay since it was first described in 1989. We report that the diagnostic antigens at 14, 18, and 21 kDa, as well as some larger disulfide-bonded antigens, are actually all members of a very closely related family of proteins, the 8-kDa antigens. The genes for 18 unique, mature proteins have been identified ...[more]