A study of the antigenicity of Rickettsia helvetica proteins using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis

APMIS

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 253-262

  Hajem, Nedaa ^a   Weintraub, Andrej ^b   Nimtz, Manfred ^c   RÖmling, Ute ^d   Påhlson, Carl ^a  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2D electrophoresis; Antigenic markers; R. helvetica

Indexed keywords

10 KDA ANTIGEN; 35 KDA ANTIGEN; 60 KDA ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OMPB ANTIGEN; PROTEOME; PS120 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEOMICS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; IXODES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOMICS; RICKETTSIA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 63449120696     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2009.02435.x     Document Type: Article

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