A limulus amoebocyte lysate activating activity (LAL activity) that lacks biological activities of endotoxin found in biological products

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 527-533

  Ochiai, Masaki ^a   Tamura, Hiroshi ^b   Yamamoto, Akihiko ^a   Aizawa, Maki ^b   Kataoka, Michiyo ^a   Toyoizumi, Hiromi ^a   Horiuchi, Yoshinobu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biologicals; Endotoxin; LAL; Pyrogen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; BRIJ 56; CETOMACROGOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENDOTOXIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYMYXIN B; PYROGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ENDO N ACETYLMURAMIDASE; ENDO-N-ACETYLMURAMIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LYSOZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENDOTOXIN TEST; FEMALE; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RABBIT; TOXICITY TESTING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HEAT; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CETOMACROGOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HEAT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; KINETICS; LIMULUS TEST; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MURAMIDASE; POLYMYXIN B; PYROGENS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; INFLUENZA VACCINES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIMULUS; NEGIBACTERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0036024610     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2002.tb02730.x     Document Type: Article

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