Cloning and nucleotide sequence analysis of a Brucella abortus gene encoding an 18 kDa immunoreactive protein

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 241-246

  Kovach, Michael E ^a   Elzer, Philip H ^a,c   Robertson, Gregory T ^a   Chirhart Gilleland, Rebecca L ^b,d   Christensen, Melissa A ^a,e   Peterson, Kenneth M ^a   Martin Roop II, R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Amersham Biosciences   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella brucellosis; Immune response; Recombinant Brucella antigen

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031127694     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0108     Document Type: Article

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