Cloning, expression and characterization of immunogenic aminopeptidase N from Brucella melitensis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 252-256

  Contreras Rodriguez, Araceli ^a,b   Seleem, Mohamed Naguieb ^b   Schurig, Gerhardt G ^b   Sriranganathan, Nammalwar ^b   Boyle, Stephen M ^b   Lopez Merino, Ahide ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase N; Brucella; ELISA; PepN; Recombinant

Indexed keywords

MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANTIGENS, CD13; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 33750072588     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2006.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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