Antigenic regions of human chromogranin A and their topographic relationships with structural/functional domains

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 235, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 275-280

  Corti, Angelo ^a   Longhi, Renato ^b   Gasparri, Anna ^a   Chen, Fuxiang ^a   Pelagi, Micaela ^a   Siccardi, Antonio G ^a,c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

antigenic region; chromogranin; immunoscintigraphy; monoclonal antibody; tumor marker

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; EPITOPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030029125     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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