Production and characterization of strain-specific monoclonal antibodies against outer membrane components of Azospirillum brasilense Sp245

Hybridoma

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-232

  Schloter, Michael ^a   Hartmann, Anton ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BINDING AFFINITY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYBRIDOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029899680     PISSN: 0272457X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hyb.1996.15.225     Document Type: Article

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