{"title":"Streptococcal protein G: a sensitive tool for detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus proteins in Western blot analysis.","authors":"L Björck, J Blomberg","doi":"10.1007/BF02013104","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Protein G is a cell wall protein of group C and G streptococci which binds human IgG antibodies of all four subclasses with high affinity. This property of the molecule was utilized to develop a sensitive Western blot assay to detect antibodies against HIV proteins in patient sera.</p>","PeriodicalId":11958,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Clinical Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1987-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF02013104","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"European Journal of Clinical Microbiology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02013104","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Protein G is a cell wall protein of group C and G streptococci which binds human IgG antibodies of all four subclasses with high affinity. This property of the molecule was utilized to develop a sensitive Western blot assay to detect antibodies against HIV proteins in patient sera.