Immunoblot analysis of cyanogen bromide-cleaved Moraxella bovis pilin reveals presence of shared antigenic determinants on pili from heterologous strains

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 365-372

  Greene, Wallace H ^a   Grubbs, Steven T ^a   Potgieter, Leon N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoblot analysis; Moraxella bovis; Pili

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL VACCINE; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; CYANOGEN BROMIDE; EPITOPE; PILIN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGENICITY; MORAXELLA BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CYANOGEN BROMIDE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITOPES; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORAXELLA (MORAXELLA) BOVIS; RABBITS;

MORAXELLA BOVIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0035933674     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(01)00317-0     Document Type: Article

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