Immunochemical characterization of type A botulinum neurotoxin in its purified and complexed forms

Toxicon

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 267-275

  Singh, Bal Ram ^a   Lopes, Teresa ^a,b   Silvia, Melissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030052207     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(95)00113-1     Document Type: Article

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