Comparative analysis of two meningococcal immunotyping monoclonal antibodies by resonant mirror biosensor and antibody gene sequencing

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 838-843

  Charalambous, Bambos M ^a   Evans, Janet ^b   Feavers, Ian M ^b   Maiden, Martin C J ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BINDING KINETICS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0032705421     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.6.838-843.1999     Document Type: Article

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