Monoclonal antibodies for specific detection of Encephalitozoon cuniculi

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1060-1063

  Mo, Lan ^a   Drancourt, Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; EPITOPES; HUMANS;

EID: 9144234273     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.6.1060-1063.2004     Document Type: Article

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