Baculovirus expression of the major surface antigen of Toxoplasma gondii and the immune response of mice injected with the recombinant P30

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-46

  Chen, Xiao Guang ^a   Fung, Ming Chiu ^b   Ma, Xin ^a   Peng, Hong Juan ^a   Shen, Shu Man ^a   Liu, Guo Zhang ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; SAG1 ANTIGEN, TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DRUG SCREENING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BACULOVIRIDAE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033084677     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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