Immunological markers of the R4 protein of Streptococcus agalactiae

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1305-1310

  Maeland, Johan A ^a,b   Bevanger, Lars ^a   Lyng, Randi Valsoe ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LIKE PROTEIN 2; ALPHA LIKE PROTEIN 3; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY R4; PROTEIN CALPHA; PROTEIN CBETA; PROTEIN R3; PROTEIN R4; RABBIT ANTISERUM; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALP3 GENE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIB GENE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 27744588175     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.12.11.1305-1310.2005     Document Type: Article

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