Detection of B. anthracis spores and vegetative cells with the same monoclonal antibodies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Wang, Dian Bing ^a,b   Yang, Ruifu ^d   Zhang, Zhi Ping ^a   Bi, Li Jun ^c   You, Xiang Yu ^a   Wei, Hong Ping ^a   Zhou, Ya Feng ^a   Yu, Ziniu ^b   Zhang, Xian En ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^d BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN EA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOASSAY; KINETICS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 70649096185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007810     Document Type: Article

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