Diversity among abortion strains of Chlamydia psittaci demonstrated by inclusion morphology, polypeptide profiles and monoclonal antibodies

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 275-289

  Vretou, Evangelia ^a   Loutrari, Heleni ^a   Mariani, Laura ^a   Costelidou, Kalliopi ^a   Eliades, Petros ^a   Conidou, Giorgia ^a   Karamanou, Stavroula ^a   Mangana, Olga ^b   Siarkou, Victoria ^c   Papadopoulos, Orestis ^c  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b Vet Inst for Infections and P   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abortion; Antigenic variation; Chlamydia psittaci; Inclusion morphology; Monoclonal antibodies; Mouse; PCR RFLP; SDS PAGE

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ABORTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030217810     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(96)00048-X     Document Type: Article

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