Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies recognizing a common 57-kDa antigen of Leishmania species

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 179-185

  Nejad Moghaddam, Amir ^a   Abolhassani, Mohsen ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

57 kDa protein; Leishmania; Monoclonal antibody (mAb)

Indexed keywords

FREUND ADJUVANT; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP63; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; LEISHMANIA VACCINE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAPROTEIN; PARAPROTEIN SP2 2; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MUS;

EID: 74549159066     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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