Recombinant Toxoplasma gondii surface antigen 1 (P30) expressed in Escherichia coli is recognized by human Toxoplasma-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG antibodies

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 355-357

  Harning, Dorte ^a   Spenter, Johanne ^a   Metsis, Ats ^a   Vuust, Jens ^a   Petersen, Eskild ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0029895353     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.3.355-357.1996     Document Type: Article

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