Soluble HLA-G: Purification from eukaryotic transfected cells and detection by a specific ELISA

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-29

  Fournel, Sylvie ^a   Aguerre Girr, Maryse ^a   Campan, Agnès ^a   Salauze, Laetitia ^a   Berrebi, Alain ^b   Lone, Yu Chung ^c   Lenfant, Françoise ^a   Le Bouteiller, Philippe ^a,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Serv Univ Psychiat l'Enfant l'A   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

ELISA; Immunoaffinity purification; MHC class Ib; Soluble HLA G

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HLA G ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; STREPTAVIDIN;

AMNION FLUID; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EQUIPMENT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SUPERNATANT; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0032987191     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1999.tb00461.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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