Leishmania major: Production of recombinant gp63, its antigenicity and immunogenicity in mice

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 427-435

  Handman, Emanuela ^a   Button, Linda L ^b   McMaster, Robert W ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

000 (gp63); Major surface glycoprotein of Mr 63

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TREMATODE;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 0025316640     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-4894(90)90127-X     Document Type: Article

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