Cloning and characterization of two recombinant Neospora protein fragments and their use in serodiagnosis of bovine neosporosis

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 692-699

  Louie, Kitland ^a   Sverlow, Karen W ^b   Barr, Bradd C ^b   Anderson, Mark L ^b   Conrad, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0030781016     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.6.692-699.1997     Document Type: Article

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