Isolation and serological analyses of fungal melanins

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 69-80

  Rosas, Ángel L ^a   Nosanchuk, Joshua D ^a   Gómez, Beatriz L ^b   Edens, William A ^c   Henson, Joan M ^c   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ELISA; Immunofluorescence; Isolation; Melanins; Monoclonal antibodies; Quantitative elemental analysis

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MELANINS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SOLUTIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0034693357     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(00)00255-6     Document Type: Article

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