Recombinant Treponema pallidum antigens in syphilis serology

Immunobiology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 535-549

  Gerber, Annegret ^a   Krell, Siegfried ^a   Morenz, Joachim ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METAL CHELATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0030437233     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0171-2985(97)80070-8     Document Type: Article

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