Real time detection of anthrax spores using highly specific anti-EA1 recombinant antibodies produced by competitive panning

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 334, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Love, Tracey E ^a   Redmond, Caroline ^a   Mayers, Carl N ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Biodetection; Biosensor; EA1; S layer; scFv

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; EA1 ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN EA1; PROTEIN S; RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY; SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHRAX; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOPANNING; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 41949106433     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2007.12.022     Document Type: Article

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