Characterization, occurrence, and molecular cloning of a 39-kilodalton Brucella abortus cytoplasmic protein immunodominant in cattle

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 495-502

  Denoel, Philippe A ^a   Vo, Thi Kim Oanh ^a   Tibor, Anne ^a   Weynants, Vincent E ^a   Trunde, Jean Marc ^b   Dubray, Gerard ^b   Limet, Joseph N ^a   Letesson, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0031036625     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.2.495-502.1997     Document Type: Article

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