Australia antigen 'ad' and 'ay' subtypes. Purification and partial characterization. 1975

R Bourbonnais, and R M Guevin, and E E Delvin

The two commonly-found Australia antigen subtypes have been purified by simple inexpensive, reproducible, physico-chemical methods involving ammonium sulfate precipitation, peptic digestion, calcium phosphate gel fractionation and molecular sieving on Sepharose 4B. The overall recovery of the two subtypes varied between 50 and 60% of the total antigen content on the starting serum. The purified antigens were found homogeneous by discontinuous gel electrophoresis, analytical ultracentrifugation, and isopycnic banding ultracentrifugation. No contaminating serum proteins could be detected by immunoelectrophoresis. The two purified antigen subtypes have similar Stokes radii and buoyant densities. The sedimentation coefficients for the 'ad' and 'ay' subtypes were found to be 33.0 and 40.1 times 10- minus 13 sec, respectively.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007122 Immunoelectrophoresis A technique that combines protein electrophoresis and double immunodiffusion. In this procedure proteins are first separated by gel electrophoresis (usually agarose), then made visible by immunodiffusion of specific antibodies. A distinct elliptical precipitin arc results for each protein detectable by the antisera.
D010434 Pepsin A Formed from pig pepsinogen by cleavage of one peptide bond. The enzyme is a single polypeptide chain and is inhibited by methyl 2-diaazoacetamidohexanoate. It cleaves peptides preferentially at the carbonyl linkages of phenylalanine or leucine and acts as the principal digestive enzyme of gastric juice. Pepsin,Pepsin 1,Pepsin 3
D011232 Chemical Precipitation The formation of a solid in a solution as a result of a chemical reaction or the aggregation of soluble substances into complexes large enough to fall out of solution. Precipitation, Chemical
D002499 Centrifugation, Density Gradient Separation of particles according to density by employing a gradient of varying densities. At equilibrium each particle settles in the gradient at a point equal to its density. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Centrifugations, Density Gradient,Density Gradient Centrifugation,Density Gradient Centrifugations,Gradient Centrifugation, Density,Gradient Centrifugations, Density
D002845 Chromatography Techniques used to separate mixtures of substances based on differences in the relative affinities of the substances for mobile and stationary phases. A mobile phase (fluid or gas) passes through a column containing a stationary phase of porous solid or liquid coated on a solid support. Usage is both analytical for small amounts and preparative for bulk amounts. Chromatographies
D006511 Hepatitis B Antigens Antigens of the virion of the HEPATITIS B VIRUS or the Dane particle, its surface (HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS), core (HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS), and other associated antigens, including the HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS. HBAg,Hepatitis B Antigen,Antigen, Hepatitis B,Antigens, Hepatitis B,B Antigen, Hepatitis,B Antigens, Hepatitis
D006863 Hydrogen-Ion Concentration The normality of a solution with respect to HYDROGEN ions; H+. It is related to acidity measurements in most cases by pH pH,Concentration, Hydrogen-Ion,Concentrations, Hydrogen-Ion,Hydrogen Ion Concentration,Hydrogen-Ion Concentrations
D000645 Ammonium Sulfate Sulfuric acid diammonium salt. It is used in CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION of proteins. Sulfate, Ammonium

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