Indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of immunoglobulin G reactive with a recombinant protein expressed from the gene encoding the 116-kilodalton protein of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1024-1029

  Duffy, Michael F ^a,c   Whithear, Kevin G ^a   Noormohammadi, Amir H ^a   Markham, Philip F ^a   Catton, Michael ^b   Leydon, Jennie ^b   Browning, Glenn F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^c Walter/Elisa Hall Inst Med Res ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032996550     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.1024-1029.1999     Document Type: Article

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