Kahn reactions with cardiolipin antigen compared with Kahn antigen, with a note on microflocculation procedure with cardiolipin antigen.
1946
R L KAHN, and
E B McDERMOTT
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D002308
Cardiolipins
Acidic phospholipids composed of two molecules of phosphatidic acid covalently linked to a molecule of glycerol. They occur primarily in mitochondrial inner membranes and in bacterial plasma membranes. They are the main antigenic components of the Wassermann-type antigen that is used in nontreponemal SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS.
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.