Whole-genome analysis of Leptospira interrogans to identify potential vaccine candidates against leptospirosis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 305-313

  Gamberini, Marcia ^a   Gómez, Ricardo M ^a,d   Atzingen, Marina V ^a,b   Martins, Elizabeth A L ^a   Vasconcellos, Silvio A ^b   Romero, Eliete C ^c   Leite, Luciana C C ^a   Ho, Paulo L ^a,b   Nascimento, Ana L T O ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cloning and expression; Leptospira interrogans; Leptospirosis; Surface protein; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN 22; LIPOPROTEIN 23; LIPOPROTEIN 32; LIPOPROTEIN 40; LIPOPROTEIN 53; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN 17; MEMBRANE PROTEIN 21; MEMBRANE PROTEIN 36; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 15; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 16; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 17; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 20; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 21; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 22; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 30; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 31; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN LIKE DOMAIN 21; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEROTYPE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 14844324488     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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