Potential novel epitopes in the extracellular products of oyster homogenate-supplemented Perkinsus marinus cells are not detected by subtractive immunization

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 689-691

  Earnhart, Christopher G ^a   Kaattari, Stephen L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; SERINE PROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

IMMUNIZATION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYBRIDOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PERKINSUS MARINUS; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HYBRIDOMAS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OSTREIDAE; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SILVER STAINING; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

OSTREIDAE; PERKINSUS MARINUS;

EID: 22244459929     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3427RN     Document Type: Article

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