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. 1984 Feb;157(2):678–680. doi: 10.1128/jb.157.2.678-680.1984

Purification of a Mycoplasma pneumoniae adhesin by monoclonal antibody affinity chromatography.

D K Leith, J B Baseman
PMCID: PMC215303  PMID: 6420394

Abstract

A 165,000-dalton surface protein of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, designated protein P1, appears to be the major attachment ligand of the pathogen. We employed monoclonal antibody affinity chromatography to obtain purified protein P1.

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