PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Brunell, Philip A.
AU  - Granat, Miriam
AU  - Gershon, Anne A.
TI  - The Antigens of Varicella-Zoster Virus
DP  - 1972 Mar 01
TA  - The Journal of Immunology
PG  - 731--737
VI  - 108
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.jimmunol.org/content/108/3/731.short
4100  - http://www.jimmunol.org/content/108/3/731.full
SO  - J. Immunol.1972 Mar 01; 108
AB  - Precipitin antigen was prepared from cultures infected with V-Z virus. Five separate antigens were identified. Reactions with radiolabeled antigen were detected by autoradiography. Partial purification of antigens could be accomplished in a discontinuous sucrose gradient, yet too little antigen was recovered from DEAE to make this a practicable purification method. Most of the antigenic activity was eluted from G-200 Sephadex. Antigens were identified by their degree of chemical stability. The α antigen was the only one which was stable at pH 3. The β antigen was destroyed by CsCl or DOC. DOC released the γ Δ, and ε antigens from the infectious viral particle.