Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae-specific antibodies binding to the VD2 and VD3 regions of the major outer membrane protein

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1957-1962

  Klein, Marcus ^a   Kötz, Arne ^a,b   Bernardo, Katussevani ^a   Krönke, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Halmstad Regional Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CYSTEINE; EPITOPE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 2; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 3; PORIN B; PROTEIN CRPA; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITOPES; HUMANS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0038290316     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.1957-1962.2003     Document Type: Article

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