Western blot can distinguish natural and acquired antibodies to Mycoplasma agassizii in the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 464-471

  Hunter Jr , Kenneth W ^a   duPré, Sally A ^a   Sharp, Tiffanny ^b   Sandmeier, Franziska C ^b   Tracy, C Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert tortoise; IgM; Mycoplasma agassizii; Natural antibodies

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AGASSIZII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURTLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AGASSIZII; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 55149101340     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.07.022     Document Type: Article

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