Development of ELISAs for the measurement of IgM and IgG subclasses in sera from llamas (Lama glama) and assessment of the humoral immune response against different antigens

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 64-73

  De Simone, Emilio A ^a   Saccodossi, Natalia ^b   Ferrari, Alejandro ^b   Leoni, Juliana ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antigens; ELISA; HCAbs; Humoral response; Lama glama

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE ALPHA; HAPTEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2C; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GST CH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEAVY CHAIN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; LAMA GLAMA; LIGHT CHAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; DEXTRANS; DINITROBENZENES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

CAMELIDAE; LAMA (MAMMAL); LAMA GLAMA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 54149117796     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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