PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS II PROTEIN AND MATERIAL HAVING THE SAME IMMOBILIZED THEREON.

摘要

A process for producing a major histocompatibility angiten class II protein (MHC class II) found, for example, on the surface of an antigen presenting cell; a material having the MHC class II immobilized thereon, prepared by linking the MHC class II, the subunits alpha and/or beta of the MHC class II, or a part thereof to a material such as bead, fiber or hollow yarn through covalent linkage; and a superantigen-removing module prepared from the material. The invention also provides a method of detecting or assaying a superantigen by using the MHC class II or that part of the MHC class II which has an affinity for a superantigen, and an assay kit therefor. <IMAGE>