Immunochemical characteristics and localization on cells of protective antigen (PAg) prepared from Leptospira interrogans serovar lai

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-241

  Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^a   Nakamura, Ryuta ^a   Beppu, Yoshihito ^a   Yanagihara, Yasutake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antigenic determinant; Leptospira interrogans; Protective antigen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; FORMIC ACID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PERIODATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029915886     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb03340.x     Document Type: Article

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