Minor nucleotide substitutions in the Omp31 gene of Brucella ovis result in antigenic differences in the major outer membrane protein that it encodes compared to those of the other Brucella species

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 7020-7028

  Vizcaino N ^a   Kittelberger, R ^a   Cloeckaert, A ^a   Marin C M ^a   Fernandez Lago L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 31; RECOMBINANT DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRUCELLA OVIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0034778981     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.11.7020-7028.2001     Document Type: Article

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