Specific antigens of Chlamydia pecorum and their homologues in C psittaci and C trachomatis

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1720-1725

  Baghian, Abolghasem ^a   Kousoulas, Konstantin ^a   Truax, Robert ^a   Storz, Johannes ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CROSS REACTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUMOR; MOUSE; RABBIT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CROSS REACTIONS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RABBITS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030346668     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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