Cloning of Brucella abortus gene and characterization of expressed 26-kilodalton periplasmic protein: potential use for diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 165-169

  Rossetti, Osvaldo L ^a   Arese, Alicia I ^a   Boschiroli, Maria L ^a   Cravero, Silvio L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029655375     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.165-169.1996     Document Type: Article

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