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Production of Extracellular Protein a from a Methicillin-Resistant Strain of Staphylococcus Aureus


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Tahir, Sharifah (1994) Production of Extracellular Protein a from a Methicillin-Resistant Strain of Staphylococcus Aureus. Masters thesis, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia.

Abstract

Protein A was produced extra cellularly by methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus, strain A676. A competitive- ELISA technique based on a competitive pinding between unlabelled protein A and conjugated protein A was employed to measure the concentration of protein A. A study was also conducted to develop this technique. Rabbit IgG was first purified before it was used to coat a microtiterplate. IgG purified using ammonium sulphate precipitation in combination with DEAE-cellulose chromatography gave purer IgG than the caprylic acid method combined with saturated ammonium sulphate or single-step DEAE-cellulose ion exchange chromatography. The molecular weight of the purified IgG was 140,000 dalton based on SDS gelelectrophoresis. The minimum detectable amount of protein A was in the range of 0-20 ng/ml. The optimum concentration of IgG required for coating was 2pg/ml and the incubation time for the substrate was 20 minutes.


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Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Subject: Staphylococcus aureus.
Subject: Proteins.
Subject: Methicillin Resistance.
Call Number: FSMB 1994 2
Chairman Supervisor: Dr. Abdul Rabbi Manaf Ali
Divisions: Faculty of Food Science and Technology
Depositing User: Nurul Hayatie Hashim
Date Deposited: 12 Nov 2010 01:03
Last Modified: 29 Jun 2012 08:56
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8361
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