Advances in immunoassay technology

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-65

  Self, Colin H ^b   Cook, David B ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG DETERMINATION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; METABOLITE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 0030020952     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(96)80096-6     Document Type: Article

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