Genotypes of the OmpL1 gene from the dominant serogroups of Leptospira interrogans in China and construction of prokaryotic expression system of the gene and immunological identification of the recombinant protein

Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 439-444

  Xu, Yang ^a   Yan, Jie ^b   Mao, Ya Fei ^b   Li, Li Wei ^b   Li, Shu Ping ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adherence blocking; Cloning expression; Genus specific protein antigens; Immunity identification; Leptospira; MAT Across agglutination; OmpL1 gene

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BLOCKING ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPL1 1 GENE; OMPL1 2 GENE; OMPL1 3 GENE; OMPL1 GENE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 4644229714     PISSN: 02545101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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