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Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against the major core protein p26 of equine infectious anaemia virus (EIAV) were produced and characterized. Sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western blot immunoassay were employed to confirm the specificity of these MAbs. Western blot analysis also indicated that MAbs to p26 reacted with another EIAV protein of 55000 apparent (designated here as Pr55) present in density gradient-purified virus preparations. Rabbit antiserum prepared against p26 as well as MAbs to p26 detected Pr55 and several other intermediate cleavage products in detergent-soluble lysates of virus-infected cells in Western blot and immunoprecipitation assays. The results suggest that Pr55 is the polyprotein of EIAV.

Keyword(s): EIAV , monoclonal antibodies , p26 and protein
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