Detection of neutralizing antibodies against α-toxin of different Clostridium septicum strains in cell culture

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 353-359

  Roth, Frauke ^a   Jansen, Katja ^a   Petzke, Sören ^a  

^a Inst Appl Biotech in the Tropics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibody titer; Cell culture; Clostridium septicum toxin; Clostridium septicum vaccine quality control

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VACCINATION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHO CELLS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CRICETINAE; DOGS; MICE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; RABBITS; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0032781653     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00053-X     Document Type: Article

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