Antigenic analysis of Rhodococcus equi preparations using different horse sera

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 247-255

  Fontanals, Adriana M ^a   Becú, Teótimo ^b   Polledo, Gonzalo ^b   Gaskin, C K M ^c   Braun, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Clínica Equina   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigens; Horses; Immunoblotting; Rhodococcus equi; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HORSE; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SERUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HORSES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPOPROTEINS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0030856395     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(97)00093-X     Document Type: Article

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