Article
Monoclonal antibodies which recognize the acidic configuration of the rabies glycoprotein at the surface of the virion can be neutralizing.
Virology - 10 Jul 1995
Raux H, Coulon P, Lafay F, Flamand A
Abstract excerpt
Around 15% of our anti-glycoprotein monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) failed to neutralize the infectivity of the rabies virus during a 1-hr incubation at room temperature. In previous studies, we have demonstrated that it is possible to induce a massive conformational change of the glycoprotein population by incubating the virus at acidic pH. The conformational change is reversible and consequently viral infectivity...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antibodies, Viral
- Antibody Specificity
- Antigens, Viral
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Epitopes
- Female
- Glycoproteins
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
