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. 1980 Jan;27(1):94–96. doi: 10.1128/iai.27.1.94-96.1980

Absorption of ablastic activity from mouse serum by using a Trypanosoma musculi population rich in dividing forms.

B O Brooks, N D Reed
PMCID: PMC550728  PMID: 7358433

Abstract

An in vivo assay of ablastin activity was developed by passive transfer of ablastic serum into nude mice. Preparations of Trypanosoma musculi that contained 35 to 50% dividing forms removed ablastic activity from mouse serum, but absorption of serum with a parasite preparation consisting of less than 5% dividing forms did not appreciably alter ablastic activity. These data suggest that ablastin is an antibody that can be absorbed onto homologous trypanosomes.

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