Retention of neutralising activity by recombinant anti-pneumolysin antibody fragments

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-231

  Garcia, Mar ^a   Strachan, Gillian ^a   Porter, Andy J R ^a   Harris, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody fragment; Immunotherapy; Pneumolysin toxin; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PNEUMOLYSIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 0031726924     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00093-5     Document Type: Article

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