Abstract
A peptide bearing an antigenic determinant of the sperm-specific lactate dehydrogenase C4 isozyme (LDH-C4) has been isolated from a tryptic digest of the whole protein. This peptide, comprising residues 152-159 (MC152-159), reacts with rabbit anti-mouse LDH-C4. Immunization of rabbits with synthetic MC152-159 conjugated to bovine serum albumin induces an immune response which is specific for the peptide. Anti-MC152-159 IgG binds 125I-labeled mouse LDH-C4 and competition experiments demonstrate the specificity of this antigen-antibody reaction.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1579-1585 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Molecular Immunology |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1982 |
Funding
,4ckrlor~IPdy~,llerzrs--Thaeu thors thank Dr V. C. Stevens of Ohio State University for his generous gift of MCS and MS Nancy Mead for typing the in~~nus~ript. This work was supported by grants from the National Jnstitutes of Health (ROI HD05863 :tnd ST3207068).
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology
- Molecular Biology