Lipopolysaccharide heterogeneity in the atypical group of novel emerging Brucella species

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1370-1373

  Zygmunt, Michel S ^a,b   Jacques, Isabelle ^a,b   Bernardet, Nelly ^a,b   Cloeckaert, Axel ^a,b  

^a UR1282   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; EPITOPE; LIPID A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA INOPINATA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MICROTI; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SILVER STAINING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; O ANTIGENS;

EID: 84865993602     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00300-12     Document Type: Article

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