Antigenic organization of the N-terminal part of the polymorphic outer membrane proteins 90, 91A, and 91B of Chlamydophila abortus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3240-3250

  Vretou, Evangelia ^a   Giannikopoulou, Panagiota ^a   Longbottom, David ^b   Psarrou, Evgenia ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; DNA FRAGMENT; EPITOPE; HEXAPEPTIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 90; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 91A; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 91B; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILUS ABORTUS; CHLAMYDOPHILUS PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0038104831     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.6.3240-3250.2003     Document Type: Article

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