Recombinant nucleocapsid protein is potentially an inexpensive, effective serodiagnostic reagent for infectious bronchitis virus

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-44

  Ndifuna, Abdul ^a   Waters, Anna K ^b   Zhou, Minglong ^c   Collisson, Ellen W ^c  

^a Animal Health Research Center   (Uganda)

^b Syntro Research Laboratories   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ELISA; Recombinant nucleocapsid protein; Serodiagnosis IBV

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; CHICKEN; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TECHNIQUE; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHICKENS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; NUCLEOCAPSID; POULTRY DISEASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0031929542     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(97)00170-5     Document Type: Article

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