Cross-reactions Between Protamines of Different Species: The Role of are Arginine Clusters
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Immunological Communications
- Vol. 9 (3) , 283-288
- https://doi.org/10.3109/08820138009066001
Abstract
Human and monkey sera containing autoantibodic to protamines reveal often strong cross-reactions with protamines of other species including salmon protamine. These cross-reactions can be readily detected both in the immunofllorescence test and the micro-complement fixation test. These sera react to a much lesser extent witn poly-L-argirine. The results indicate that the cross-reactions of these protamines are not primarily due to clusters of arginine.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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