Purification of recombinant Mycobacterium leprae 65-kilodalton antigen and murine antibody responses to intravenously administered recombinant protein
Char, S.; Colston, M.J.; Mitchison, N.A.; Simon, K.
Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Official Organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit 41(3): 336-338
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0177-2392 PMID: 2255855 Document Number: 351483
Recombinant Mycobacterium leprae 65-kilodalton antigen has been purified by a combination of differential solubility, ion-exchange and hydrophobic interaction chromatography, and a method for the quantification of the antigen in large scale protein preparations developed. By injecting large amounts of the recombinant antigen intravenously into mice, a limited degree of specific suppression of antibody-response has been induced.