Identification of a novel protein adjuvant isolated from Abrus precatorius

Food and Agricultural Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-96

  Suryakala, S ^a   Maiti, T K ^b   Sujatha, N ^a   Sashidhar, R B ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Abrus precatorius; Adjuvant; Agglutinin; ELISA; IgG

Indexed keywords

ABRUS; AGGLUTININ; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; GEL FILTRATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OVALBUMIN; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RAT; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TOXIN;

EID: 0034016650     PISSN: 09540105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540100099652     Document Type: Article

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