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Title: Identification and characterization of Vibrio cholerae surface proteins by radioiodination

Journal Article · · Infect. Immun.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5520732

Whole cells and isolated outer membrane from Vibrio cholerae (Classical, Inaba) were radiolabeled with Iodogen or Iodo-beads as catalyst. Radiolabeling of whole cells was shown to be surface specific by sodium dodecyl sulfate-urea polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of whole cells and cell fractions. Surface-labeled whole cells regularly showed 16 distinguishable protein species, of which nine were found in radiolabeled outer membrane preparations obtained by a lithium chloride- lithium acetate procedure. Eight of these proteins were found in outer membranes prepared by sucrose density gradient centrifugation and Triton X-100 extraction of radiolabeled whole cells. The mobility of several proteins was shown to be affected by temperature, and the major protein species exposed on the cell surface was shown to consist of at least two different peptides.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Missouri, Columbia
OSTI ID:
5520732
Journal Information:
Infect. Immun.; (United States), Vol. 48:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English