Group a streptococcal antigens cross-reactive with myocardium. Purification of heart-reactive antibody and isolation and characterization of the streptococcal antigen

Heart-reactive antibody (HRA) appears in the sera of experimental animals inoculated with group A streptococci as well as patients with acute rheumatic fever. Adsorption of either serum with group A streptococcal membranes will remove the HRA. Blocking experiments between these two types of HRAs hav...

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Main Authors: Van De Rijn, I, Sabriskie, JB, McCarty, M
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1977
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2180771/