Production and characterization of murine monoclonal antibodies to Blastocystis hominis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 375-381

  Tan, S W ^a   Ho, L C ^a   Moe, K T ^a   Chen, X Q ^a   Ng, G C ^a   Yap, E H ^a   Singh, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blastocystis hominis; cross reactivity; fluorescence; immunoblot; monoclonal antibodies

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PERIODATE; PRONASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALIA; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MURINAE; REPTILIA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0029977713     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(96)00016-1     Document Type: Article

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