... Tokyo).Antibody and immunoblottingAntibody against the Tm-mas was raised by injecting 10 lgof the purified protein into a male albino rabbit withcomplete Freund’s adjuvant and giving a booster injectionof ... b-1,3-glucan for 60 min; lane 2, incubation with b-1,3-glucan only for60 min; lane 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, incubation with Ca2+only for 10, 20, 30,45, 60 min, respectively; lane 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, incubation ... containing an approximately 45-kDa protein asdetermined by SDS/PAGE (reducing conditions) werepooled and concentrated by ultrafiltration kit (YM-10membrane). Fractions containing 45-kDa protein...