Leptospiral membrane proteins - Variations on a theme?

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 143-145

  Haake, David A ^a   Matsunaga, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DNA; LEPTOSPIROSIS VACCINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN; SARCOSINE; TRITON X 114; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGENICITY; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIROCHETE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

EID: 17244370814     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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