Characterization of murine monoclonal antibodies specific for the 45/47 kDa antigen complex (APA) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bovis and BCG

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 151-159

  Horn, C ^a   Pescher, P ^a   Romain, F ^a   Marchal, G ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

bacillus Calmette Guerin; BIAcore; ELISA; epitope; monoclonal antibody; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPI;

EID: 0030590649     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(96)00141-X     Document Type: Article

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