Antigenic relationships between mycobacteria as determined by agar diffusion precipitin techniques.
1956
R PARLETT, and
G P YOUMANS
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D009161
Mycobacterium
A genus of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria. Most species are free-living in soil and water, but the major habitat for some is the diseased tissue of warm-blooded hosts.
Mycobacteria
D011234
Precipitins
Antibodies which elicit IMMUNOPRECIPITATION when combined with antigen.
Immune Precipitates,Precipitates, Immune
D000362
Agar
A complex sulfated polymer of galactose units, extracted from Gelidium cartilagineum, Gracilaria confervoides, and related red algae. It is used as a gel in the preparation of solid culture media for microorganisms, as a bulk laxative, in making emulsions, and as a supporting medium for immunodiffusion and immunoelectrophoresis.
D000906
Antibodies
Immunoglobulin molecules having a specific amino acid sequence by virtue of which they interact only with the ANTIGEN (or a very similar shape) that induced their synthesis in cells of the lymphoid series (especially PLASMA CELLS).
D000941
Antigens
Substances that are recognized by the immune system and induce an immune reaction.