Purification and antigenic analysis of the major 25-kilodalton outer membrane protein of Brucella abortus

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 225-227

  Cloeckaert, A ^a   Zygmunt, M S ^a   Bezard G ^a   Dubray, G ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus; Epitopes; Monoclonal antibodies; Omp25; R LPS

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

EID: 0029983372     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2508(96)81383-0     Document Type: Article

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