Preparation of an immunoadsorbent coupled with a recombinant antigen to remove anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies in abnormal serum

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 303, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 142-147

  Guo, Chen Yun ^a   Li, Zhuo Yu ^a   Xu, Ming Qun ^b   Yuan, Jing Ming ^a  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

AChR 205; AChRAb; Immunoadsorbent; Recombinant antigen

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMYLOSE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIGAND; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RESIN;

ANTIBODY ISOLATION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORBENT; IMMUNOADSORPTION; MOUSE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOSORBENTS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMIDS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 23844491967     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2005.04.013     Document Type: Article

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