Publication Date:
1980-04-11
Description:
Epimastigotes, the invertebrate host stage of Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan parasite causing Chagas' disease in man, were fused with vertebrate cells by using polyethylene glycol. Hybrid cells were selected on the basis of T. cruzi DNA complementation of biochemical deficiencies in the vertebrate cells. Some clones of the hybrid cells expressed T. cruzi-specific antigen. It might be possible to use selected antigens obtained from the hybrids as vaccines for immunodiagnosis or for elucidation of the pathogenesis of Chagas' disease.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Crane, M S -- Dvorak, J A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1980 Apr 11;208(4440):194-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6987737" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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*Antigens/isolation & purification
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*Cell Fusion
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Cell Line
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Clone Cells
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Hybrid Cells/*immunology
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Hybridization, Genetic
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Mammals
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Polyethylene Glycols
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Trypanosoma cruzi/genetics/*immunology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
