ANTIGENIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GROUPS B AND G STREPTOCOCCI.

The Journal of experimental medicine ·Vol. 120 ·1964-10-01 ·Pages 629-37

CURTIS SN, KRAUSE RM

Abstract

Trypsinized cell walls of Group B hemolytic streptococci are composed of a group-specific carbohydrate and mucopeptide. The carbohydrate extracted with hot formamide is composed of rhamnose, N-acetylglucosamine, and galactose. Quantitative precipitin inhibition studies have shown that L rhamose is the significant component of the antigenic determinant. The cross-reactivity between B and G carbohydrates is dependent upon the fact that Lrhamose is a determinant sugar in both antigens.

Keywords

ANTIGENS CARBOHYDRATES CELL MEMBRANE CHEMISTRY IMMUNE SERUMS PEPTIDES STREPTOCOCCUS TRYPSIN

MeSH Terms

Antigens Carbohydrates Cell Membrane Chemical Phenomena Chemistry Epitopes Galactose Immune Sera Peptides Streptococcus Trypsin

Chemicals

Antigens Carbohydrates Epitopes Immune Sera Peptides Trypsin Galactose

Authors & Affiliations

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CURTIS S N

KRAUSE R M

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Article Info

Journal

The Journal of experimental medicine

Abbr.

J Exp Med

ISSN

0022-1007

DOI

10.1084/jem.120.4.629

Published

1964-10-01

Pages

629-37

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

2985109R

PMCID

PMC2137778

Subset

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