Variable expression and geographic distribution of Mycoplasma agalactiae surface epitopes demonstrated with monoclonal antibodies

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 159-165

  Bergonier, Dominique ^a   De Simone, Franco ^b   Russo, Pierre ^c   Solsona, Michel ^c   Lambert, Maurice ^c   Poumarat, François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^c Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Antigenic variability; Contagious agalactia; Dot immunobinding assay; Monoclonal antibody; Mycoplasma agalactiae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0030272146     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00301-1     Document Type: Article

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