Rapid expression of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis recombinant proteins for antigen discovery

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-105

  Li, Lingling ^a   Munir, Shirin ^a   Bannantine, John P ^a   Sreevatsan, Srinand ^b   Kanjilal, Sagarika ^c   Kapur, Vivek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; ANIMAL; CATTLE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 34247856108     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00138-06     Document Type: Article

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