Novel polysaccharide antigen of Orientia tsutsugamushi revealed by a monoclonal antibody

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-100

  Lee, Sun Myoung ^a   Kim, Mee Kyung ^b   Kim, Mi Jeong ^a   Kang, Jae Seung ^a,b  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antigen; Monoclonal antibody; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY NT 19; PERIODATE; PROTEINASE K; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYTOSOL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

EID: 67650770140     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01663.x     Document Type: Article

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