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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2012
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Mark C. Jenkins, Davidsonville, MD (US);
Ronald Fayer, Ellicot City, MD (US);
Monica Santin, Odenton, MD (US);
Dumitru Macarisin, Hagerstown, MD (US);
Celia O'Brien, Ellicott City, MD (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Immunolocalization of β- and δ-giardin introphozoites revealed that both giardins are strictly associated with the ventral disc. Optical sectioning of immunolabeled ventral disc, together with quantitative co-localization of δ- and β-giardin immunoreactivity, demonstrated that δ-giardin is primarily localized to the ventral side, and β-giardin is localized to the dorsal side of the ventral disc. Antibodies to δ-giardin and β-giardin can both be used as diagnostic agents; anti-δ-giardin antibody can be used as a therapeutic reagent to inhibit binding of trophozoites to host cells.