Differentiation of Entamoeba histolytica from E. dispar facilitated by monoclonal antibodies against a 150-kDa surface antigen

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 435-439

  Tachibana, Hiroshi ^a   Kobayashi, Seikiv ^b   Cheng, Xun Jia ^a   Hiwatashi, Eiji ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLUCOSIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

EID: 0030999603     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050276     Document Type: Article

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