Differential recognition of Toxoplasma gondii recombinant nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase isoforms by naturally infected human sera

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1893-1905

  Johnson, M S ^a   Broady, K W ^b   Johnson, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ELISA; Epitope; Human infection; NTPase isoforms; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; EPITOPE; ISOENZYME;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ACID ANHYDRIDE HYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOSIDE-TRIPHOSPHATASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0033486231     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00139-3     Document Type: Article

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