Williams N E, Honts J E, Dress V M, Nelsen E M, Frankel J
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA.
J Eukaryot Microbiol. 1995 Jul-Aug;42(4):422-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1995.tb01606.x.
Twelve monoclonal antibodies were raised that are specific for the membrane skeleton of Tetrahymena. Five were directed against T. pyriformis and seven were directed against T. thermophila. Some cross-reactivity between species was found. Each monoclonal antibody recognized one of the three major components of epiplasm, i.e. the bands A, B, and C identified in electrophoretic separations of epiplasmic proteins. It was found, using these antibodies, that the epiplasmic proteins A, B and C have overlapping but independent distributions within the cell.
