Molecular and immunological characterization of the major outer membrane proteins of Brucella

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Cloeckaert, Axel ^a   Verger, Jean Michel ^a   Grayon, Maggy ^a   Vizcaíno, Nieves ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Antigenic variability; Brucella; Gene polymorphism; Major outer membrane proteins; Protection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; DNA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NUCLEOTIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PORIN; VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BRUCELLA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0030589072     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00373-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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