Preparation of monoclonal antibodies against prion proteins with full-length hamster PrP

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 273-280

  Xiao, Xin Li ^a,b   Jiang, Hui Ying ^b   Zhang, Jin ^a,b   Han, Jun ^b   Nie, Kai ^b   Zhou, Xiao Bo ^a,b   Huang, Yin Xia ^b   Chen, Lan ^b,c   Zhou, Wei ^b   Zhang, Bao Yun ^b   Liu, Yong ^a   Dong, Xiao Ping ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Hamster prion protein; Monoclonal antibodies; Prions

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PRION PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BRAIN; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAMSTER; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; TUMOR CELL LINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CRICETINAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MAMMALIAN PRIONS;

EID: 26844435650     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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