Genome scale identification of Treponema pallidum antigens

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 4445-4450

  McKevitt, Matthew ^a   Brinkman, Mary Beth ^a   McLoughlin, Melanie ^b   Perez, Carla ^a   Howell, Jerrilyn K ^b   Weinstock, George M ^a   Norris, Steven J ^b   Palzkill, Timothy ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTEOME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SERUM; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PROTEOME; RABBITS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 21544456659     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.7.4445-4450.2005     Document Type: Article

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