Immunoblot and ultrastructural analysis of antigens extracted from Dichelobacter nodosus with potassium thiocyanate

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 315-323

  Whittington, Richard ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOOT ROT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHEEP; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTEROIDES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FOOT ROT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOTHIOCYANATES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SHEEP;

EID: 0030180093     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879600800307     Document Type: Article

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