Characterisation of the antigenic and immunogenic properties of bacterially expressed, sexual stage antigens of the coccidian parasite, Eimeria maxima

Vaccine

Volumn 22, Issue 31-32, 2004, Pages 4316-4325

  Belli, Sabina I ^a   Mai, Kelly ^a   Skene, Caroline D ^a   Gleeson, Michelle T ^a   Witcombe, David M ^a   Katrib, Marilyn ^a   Finger, Avner ^b   Wallach, Michael G ^a   Smith, Nicholas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Eimeria; Gametocytes; Recombinant proteins

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY PURIFIED GAMETOCYTE ANTIGEN; COXABIC; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GAMETOCYTE; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 4944226419     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.04.019     Document Type: Article

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