Rugged single domain antibody detection elements for bacillus anthracis spores and vegetative cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Walper, Scott A ^a   Anderson, George P ^a   Lee, P Audrey Brozozog ^b   Glaven, Richard H ^b   Liu, Jinny L ^a   Bernstein, Rachel D ^b   Zabetakis, Dan ^a   Johnson, Linwood ^c   Czarnecki, Jill M ^c   Goldman, Ellen R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOVA RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN EA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY ISOLATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; THERMOSTABILITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHRAX; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAMA GLAMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHRAX; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE-CHAIN ANTIBODIES; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84863261924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032801     Document Type: Article

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