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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2020

ITEM-THREE analysis of a monoclonal anti-malaria antibody reveals its assembled epitope on the

Kwabena F M Opuni, Cornelia Koy, Manuela Russ, Maren Reepmeyer, Bright D Danquah, Moritz Weresow, Astrid Alef, Peter Lorenz, Hans-Juergen Thiesen, Michael O Glocker

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Kwabena F M OpuniProteome Center Rostock, University Medicine Rostock and University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, College of Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
Cornelia KoyProteome Center Rostock, University Medicine Rostock and University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
Manuela RussProteome Center Rostock, University Medicine Rostock and University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
Maren ReepmeyerProteome Center Rostock, University Medicine Rostock and University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
Bright D DanquahProteome Center Rostock, University Medicine Rostock and University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
Moritz WeresowI&L Biosystems GmbH, Königswinter, Germany.
Astrid AlefI&L Biosystems GmbH, Königswinter, Germany.
Peter LorenzInstitute for Immunology, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
Hans-Juergen ThiesenInstitute for Immunology, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
Michael O GlockerProteome Center Rostock, University Medicine Rostock and University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany. Electronic address: michael.glocker@med.uni-rostock.de.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rapid diagnostic tests are first-line assays for diagnosing infectious diseases, such as malaria. To minimize false positive and false negative test results in population-screening assays, high-quality reagents and well-characterized antigens and antibodies are needed. An important property of antigen-antibody binding is recognition specificity, which best can be estimated by mapping an antibody's epitope on the respective antigen. We have cloned a malarial antigen-containing fusion protein, MBP-

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigen-Antibody ComplexAntigens, ProtozoanBlotting, WesternElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelEpitope MappingEpitopesMalaria, FalciparumMerozoite Surface Protein 1Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray IonizationAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigen-Antibody ComplexAntigens, ProtozoanEpitopesMerozoite Surface Protein 1antigenassembled epitopeconformational epitopeepitope mappingmalariamalaria screening.mass spectrometrymass spectrometry (MS)native MSpfMSP1_19pfMSP119 antigenplasmodiumPlasmodium falciparumprotein-protein interaction

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PMID32848020
PMCPMC7606685

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