Presence of immunoglobulins on the surface of lesion-derived amastigotes of Leishmania major as a tool for isolation of amastigote stage from BALB/c mice

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 155-160

  Mirjalili, Ali ^a   Alimohammadian, Mohammad H ^a   Madani, Rasoul ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b RAZI VACCINE AND SERUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

BALB c mice; Immunoglobulins; Leishmania major; Lesion derived amastigote

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PEROXIDASE;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL SUSPENSION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAVY CHAIN; INCUBATION TIME; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; RABBIT; RELIABILITY; TEMPERATURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33444467837     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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