Ruminant cluster WC13

Five monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) belonged to preliminary cluster 27; however, only two mAbs, Buf13 (3W-506) and Co-3D1D4 (3W-202), were shown to detect the same surface antigen and belong to WC13. The other three mAbs, IVA120 (3W-323), IVA197 (3W-533) and IVA198 (3W-290), detected a 45 kDa molecule that could be fibrinogen (Mateo A., Perez de la Lastra, J., Moreno, A., Dusinsky, R., Bilka, F., Simon, M., Horovska, L., Naessens, J. and Llanes, D., 1996. Biochemical characterization of antigens detected with anti-platelet monoclonal antibodies. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol., 52: 363–370; Perez de la Lastra, J.M., Mateo, Dusinsky, R., Bilka, Simon, M., Horovska, L. and Llanes, D., 1996. Two monoclonal antibodies from the platelet panel recognize sheep plasma fibronigen. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol., 52:).