Antigenic differences associated with genetically distinct Pneumocystis carinii from rats

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 290-297

  Vasquez, Jose ^a   Smulian, A George ^b,c   Linke, Michael J ^b,c   Cushion, Melanie T ^b,c  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUNG HOMOGENATE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030045747     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.1.290-297.1996     Document Type: Article

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