Identification and characterization of immunogenic proteins of Mycoplasma genitalium

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 913-922

  Svenstrup, Helle Friis ^a   Jensen, Jørgen Skov ^b   Gevaert, Kris ^c   Birkelund, Svend ^a   Christiansen, Gunna ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; TRITON X 114;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGENICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEROLOGY; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS REACTIONS; DETERGENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; URETHRITIS;

EID: 33748790436     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00048-06     Document Type: Article

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