Comparative analysis of two different subunits of antigen B from Echinococcus granulosus: Gene sequences, expression in Escherichia coli and serological evaluation

Acta Tropica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 331-340

  Rott, Marilise B ^a   Fernández, Verónica ^b   Farias, Sandra ^a   Ceni, Janine ^c   Ferreira, Henrique B ^c   Haag, Karen L ^d   Zaha, Arnaldo ^c  

^a U   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d Univ Fed Do R   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antigen B; Echinococcus granulosus; ELISA; Recombinant antigens; Sequence analysis; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ECHINOCOCCUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, HELMINTH; GENETIC VECTORS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0343134046     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00069-3     Document Type: Article

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