Cloning, expression and immunogenicity of the translation initiation factor 3 homologue of Brucella abortus

Immunobiology

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-120

  González, Marcela ^a   Andrews, Edilia ^a   Folch, Hugo ^b   Sáez, Darwin ^a   Cabrera, Alex ^a   Salgado, Paulina ^a   Oñate, Angel ^a  

^a Faculty of Biological Sciences   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus; Brucellosis; IF3; Immunogenicity; Translation initiation factor 3

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INITIATION FACTOR 3; RECOMBINANT INITIATION FACTOR 3; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SUBUNIT VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AURANTIMONAS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID CELL; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLARIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TH1 CELL; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA VACCINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-3; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VACCINES, SUBUNIT;

EID: 58349085949     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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