LOCALIZATION OF A BASIC PROTEIN IN THE MYELIN OF VARIOUS SPECIES WITH THE AID OF FLUORESCENCE AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY |
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| Authors: | Steven Edward Kornguth and John Walberg Anderson |
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| Affiliation: | From the Departments of Neurology and Physiological Chemistry and of Anatomy, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin |
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| Abstract: | In this study, alanine was shown to be the N-terminal amino acid of a basic protein of low molecular weight that was isolated from either human or guinea pig brain. Antibodies prepared against the guinea pig protein were labeled with either fluorescein or ferritin. Studies with the labeled antibodies showed that an immunohistochemically similar protein is found in the myelin sheaths of central and peripheral nervous tissues of chicken and frog and a variety of mammalian species. Loss of integrity of the myelin during processing was shown to enhance markedly the antigen-antibody reaction. |
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