Cloning, expression and purification of truncated Chlamydia Trachomatis outer membrane protein 2 (Omp2) and its application in an ELISA assay

Iranian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 148-155

  Kazemi, Bahram ^a,b   Seyed, Negar ^a   Bandehpour, Mojgan ^a   Sharifnia, Zarrin ^a   Pakzad, Parviz ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; ELISA; Omp2; Recombinant protein

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 2; POLYSTYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIFFUSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SERUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 50949121125     PISSN: 17351383     EISSN: 1735367X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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