GRA2 and ROP1 recombinant antigens as potential markers for detection of toxoplasma gondii-specific immunoglobulin G in humans with acute toxoplasmosis

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 510-514

  Holec Ģsior, Lucyna ^a   Kur, Józef ^a   Hiszczyńska Sawicka, Elzbieta ^a,b  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MOLECULAR MARKER; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN GRA2; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN ROP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 64549126471     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00341-08     Document Type: Article

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