Monoclonal antibodies against Streptococcus pneumoniae detect epitopes on eubacterial ribosomal proteins L7/L12 and on streptococcal elongation factor Ts

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-61

  Kolberg, Jan ^a   Arne Hoiby E ^b   Lopez, Rodrigo ^c   Sletten, Knut ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Department of Bacteriology ^*  (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Elongation factor Ts; Eubacteria; Monoclonal antibodies; Ribosomal protein 17 L12; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR TS; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EUBACTERIUM; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 1842291575     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-1-55     Document Type: Article

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