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The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 78, 465-476, Copyright, 1943, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York

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STUDIES ON THE ANTIGENIC COMPOSITION OF GROUP A HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCI : I. EFFECTS OF PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES ON STREPTOCOCCAL CELLS



Rebecca C. Lancefield Ph.D.1

1 From the Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research

1. Proteolytic enzymes destroy the type-specific M antigen of group A hemolytic streptococci not only when the M substance is contained in cell-free extracts but also when it is a component of the living cell.

2. The injection of enzyme-treated cultures into rabbits fails to induce the formation of M antibodies, but does result in the production of T antibodies and, therefore, provides a method of preparing anti-T sera free from M antibodies.

3. Exposure to these enzymes does not kill the bacteria. Virulence and the ability to form M substance are restored on subculture and animal inoculation.

4. The study of the effect of proteolytic enzymes on group A hemolytic streptococci provides new techniques for analyzing the antigenic composition of these microorganisms.

 Submitted on August 30, 1943


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