Production and characterization of IgM monoclonal antibodies against hyphal antigens of Stachybotrys species

Hybridoma

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-36

  Nayak, Ajay P ^a,b   Green, Brett J ^a   Janotka, Erika ^a   Blachere, Francoise M ^a   Vesper, Stephen J ^c   Beezhold, Donald H ^a   Schmechel, Detlef ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; FUNGAL EXTRACT; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MYCOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT HALOGEN IMMUNOASSAY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOASSAY; MEMNONIELLA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STACHYBOTRYS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYPHAE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; STACHYBOTRYS;

FUNGI; MEMNONIELLA; MUS; STACHYBOTRYS; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; STACHYBOTRYS CHLOROHALONATA;

EID: 79952309205     PISSN: 15540014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hyb.2010.0071     Document Type: Article

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