Lyotropic liquid crystal as a real-time detector of microbial immune complexes

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-32

  Helfinstine, S L ^a   Lavrentovich, O D ^a   Woolverton, C J ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Detection; Immune complex; Liquid crystal; Spores

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ELASTICITY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

DETECTION; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; IMMUNE COMPLEX; LIQUID-CRYSTALS; LYOTROPIC CHROMONIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; OPTICAL-; REAL- TIME; SIMPLE METHOD; SPORE;

BACTERIA;

BIOMATERIAL; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM;

IMMUNOLOGY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROORGANISMS; PATHOLOGY; SOLUTIONS;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; MICROORGANISM;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN BINDING; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA MICROARRAY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIQUID CRYSTAL; LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33745372902     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.01916.x     Document Type: Article

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