Isolation of Acanthamoeba-specific antibodies from a bacteriophage display library

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2374-2377

  Khan, Naveed A ^a   Greenman, John ^a   Topping, Katherine P ^a   Hough, Victoria C ^a   Temple, Graham S ^b   Paget, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KERATITIS; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034081970     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.6.2374-2377.2000     Document Type: Article

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