Phenotypic & genotypic conservation of ompL1 & lipL41 among leptospiral isolates of Andaman Islands

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-347

  Natarajaseenivasan, K ^a   Vijayachari, P ^a   Sharma, S ^a   Sugunan, A P ^a   Sehgal, S C ^a  

^a WHO Collaborative Centre for Diagnosis Research Reference and Training in Leptospirosis   (India)

Author keywords

Immunoblotting; Leptospiral ompL1; LipL41; PCR; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; PYROXYLIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOTYPE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPE; SERUM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHENOTYPE; RABBITS;

EID: 30744479187     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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