Vector development for the expression of foreign proteins in the vaccine strain Brucella abortus S19

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3862-3866

  Comerci, Diego J ^a,b   Pollevick, Guido D ^a   Vigliocco, Ana M ^b   Frasch, Alberto C C ^a   Ugalde, Rodolfo A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO ATÓMICO EZEIZA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; IMMUNOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0031818721     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.8.3862-3866.1998     Document Type: Article

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