Monoclonal antibody 5-2-26 recognizes the phosphatase-sensitive epitope of rabies virus nucleoprotein

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-42

  Kawai, Akihiko ^a   Anzai, Jun ^a   Honda, Yoshikazu ^a,c   Morimoto, Kinjiro ^a   Takeuchi, Kenji ^a,d   Kohno, Takashi ^a,e   Wakisaka, Koji ^a   Goto, Hideo ^a,b   Minamoto, Nobuyuki ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases Kenya   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Monoclonal antibody; N gene expression; Phosphoprotein; Phosphorylation; Rabies virus nucleoprotein

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RABIES VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 0031054510     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01170.x     Document Type: Article

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