Physicochemical and Antigenic Properties of Experimental Preparations of Francisella tularensis
摘要
We analyzed physicochemical properties and antigenic activity of cell envelope preparations isolated from urea lysates of different Francisella tularensis subspecies. Lysis of F. tularensis cells with a urea solution yielded polyepitopic immunogenic complexes with high antigenic activity detected in specific immunochemical reactions (dot immunoassay, immunoblotting, radial immunodiffusion) with IgG isolated from commercial horse tularemia serum and labeled with colloidal silver nanoparticles.