An epitope shared by cellular cytokeratin and Orientia tsutsugamushi

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 41, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 125-132

  Kim, Mi Jeong ^a   Kim, Mee Kyung ^a   Kang, Jae Seung ^a  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin; Epitope; Monoclonal antibody; Orientia tsutsugamushi

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY RB105; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EPITOPE MAPPING; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB TYPHUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TISSUE INJURY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CROSS REACTIONS; CYTOSKELETON; EPITOPES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; KERATINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; SCRUB TYPHUS;

ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

EID: 33748680160     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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