Epitope identification for a panel of anti-Sinorhizobium meliloti monoclonal antibodies and application to the analysis of K antigens and lipopolysaccharides from bacteroids

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5186-5191

  Reuhs, Bradley L ^a   Stephens, Samuel B ^a   Geller, Daniel P ^a   Kim, John S ^a   Glenn, Joshua ^a   Przytycki, Jessica ^a   Ojanen Reuhs, Tuula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Division of General Microbiology   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ALFALFA; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0032702689     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.5186-5191.1999     Document Type: Article

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