Expression of leptospiral immunoglobulin-like protein by Leptospira interrogans and evaluation of its diagnostic potential in a kinetic ELISA

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 975-984

  Palaniappan, Raghavan U M ^a   Chang, Yung Fu ^a   Hassan, Fahad ^a   McDonough, Sean P ^a   Pough, Margaret ^a   Barr, Stephen C ^a   Simpson, Kenneth W ^a   Mohammed, Hussni O ^a   Shin, Sang ^a   McDonough, Patrick ^a   Zuerner, Richard L ^b   Qu, Jiaxin ^c   Roe, Bruce ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE PROTEIN; LIG ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KINETICS; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LIGA GENE; LIGB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSLATION; VACCINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 6344275661     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45568-0     Document Type: Article

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