Construction and characterization of recombinant single-chain variable fragment antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii MIC2 protein

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 759-768

  Hoe, L N ^a   Wan, K L ^a   Nathan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Monoclonal antibodies; Phage display; Recombinant protein; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN MIC2; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TECHNOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTERIOPHAGES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PLASMIDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 28844432623     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005008450     Document Type: Article

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