| Abstract: | The characteristics of heat-stable, ethanol-precipitable antigens (BE) of adrenals and muscle tissues of cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat and pig were studied. The antigens were subjected to protein analysis. The distribution patterns of the antigens employing sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) as well as polyacrylarnide gel isoelectric focusing revealed that the heat-stable antigens of a dreds contained only one component corresponding to troponin T, whereas muscle BE showed associated low molecular weight components along with troponin T as major component. Negative results of thymol-H2SO4 staining of SDS-PAGE gels indicated that the thermostable antigens did not belong to the mucoprotein class. |
