Toxoplasma gondii: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using different fragments of recombinant microneme protein 1 (MIC1) for detection of immunoglobulin G antibodies

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Holec, Lucyna ^a   Gasior, Artur ^a   Brillowska Dabrowska, Anna ^a   Kur, Józef ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

ELISA; MIC1; Recombinant antigen; Serological detection; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICRONEME 3 PROTEIN; MICRONEME PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN MAG1; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 41349099595     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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