Epitope mapping of the variable repetitive region within the MB antigen of ureaplasma urealyticum

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 774-778

  Zheng, Xiaotian ^a,b   Lau, Keith ^a   Frazier, Monica ^a   Cassell, Gail H ^a   Watson, Harold L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0029962627     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.6.774-778.1996     Document Type: Article

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