Production and partial characterization of anti-cord factor (trehalose-6,6'-dimycolate) IgG antibody in rabbits recognizing mycolic acid subclasses of Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mycobacterium avium

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-149

  Fujiwara, Nagatoshi ^a   Pan, Jiongwei ^a   Enomoto, Kyoko ^a   Terano, Yoshitake ^a   Honda, Takeshi ^b   Yano, Ikuya ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody; Cord factor; Mycobacterium; Mycolic acid; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

CORD FACTOR; GLYCOLIPID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYCOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0032893133     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00016-4     Document Type: Article

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