An opsonizing monoclonal antibody that recognizes a noncapsular epitope expressed on Cryptococcus neoformans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4994-5000

  Merkel, Glenn J ^a   Scofield, Barbara A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0032829876     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.10.4994-5000.1999     Document Type: Article

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