Generation of polyclonal antibodies against a chemically synthesized N-terminal fragment of the bacteriocin pediocin PA-1

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 488-492

  Martinez M I ^a   Rodriguez J M ^a   Suarez A ^a   Martinez J M ^a   Azcona, J I ^a   Hernändez P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; MAMMALS; PURIFICATION;

BACTERIOCINS; CELL/B.E; IMMUNOGENS; INTRAPERITONEALLY; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANINS; MYELOMA CELL; N-TERMINALS; PEDIOCIN PA-1; POLYCLONAL; SYNTHESISED;

ANTIBODIES;

ANTISERUM; BACTERIOCIN; PEDIOCIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; IMMUNIZATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030945694     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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