Accession Number:

ADA000181

Title:

Similarity of the Amino-Acid Composition of Allergens from Brucella and Mycobacteria,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO

Personal Author(s):

• Degtyarenko,V. I.
• Novitskaya,G. G.

Report Date:

1974-10-09

Pagination or Media Count:

16.0

Abstract:

The comparative analysis of the amino acids in the composition of the bacterial cells of Br. abortus, Br. melitensis and of the mycobacteria of Dtts tuberculosis, and of the allergens separated from them showed that they consist of the same amino acids, namely alpha-alanine, leucine, valine, glycine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophane, proline, asparitic acid, glutamic acid, threonine, serine, methionine, cystine, arginine and lysine.

Descriptors:

• *ANTIGENS
• *AMINO ACIDS
• *BRUCELLA
• *MYCOBACTERIUM
• USSR
• BACTERIA
• PROTEINS
• CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
• TRANSLATIONS
• ALLERGIC DISEASES

Subject Categories:

• Biochemistry
• Microbiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE