Radioimmunoassay for the complement-activating component of ra-reactive factor

Journal of Clinical Ligand Assay

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-250

  Nowatari, Masahiko ^a   Kawakami, Masaya ^b   Hatsuse, Hiromi ^a   Matsuura, Nobuo ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bactericidal factor; Mannan binding lectin; P100; Ra reactive factor; Radioimmunoassay

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; THERMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RABBIT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031427865     PISSN: 10811672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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