Development of Host- and Symbiont-Specific Monoclonal Antibodies and Confirmation of the Origin of the Symbiosome Membrane in a Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis

• Published in: The Biological bulletin (Lancaster) Vol. 200; no. 2; pp. 127 - 143
• Main Authors: Wakefield, Timothy S., Kempf, Stephen C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Marine Biological Laboratory 01.04.2001; University of Chicago Press
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies; Antibodies, Monoclonal - immunology; Antigens; Cell membranes; Cell walls; Cells; Cellular biology; Chloroplasts; Cnidaria; Cnidaria - immunology; Cnidaria - parasitology; Cytoplasm; Dinoflagellata; Dinoflagellida - immunology; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; Immunohistochemistry; Macromolecules; Membranes; P branes; Parasite hosts; Symbionts; Symbiosis

The "symbiosome membrane" as defined by Roth et al. (1988) is a single, host-derived membrane that surrounds an endosymbiotic organism, separating it from the cytoplasm of the host cell. However, in the case of cnidarian-dinoflagellate endosymbioses, clear identification of the symbiosome...