Characterization and serologic analysis of the treponema pallidum proteome

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2631-2643

  McGill, Melanie A ^a,d   Edmondson, Diane G ^a   Carroll, James A ^b,e   Cook, Richard G ^c   Orkiszewski, Ralph S ^c   Norris, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Lee Biosolutions Inc   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN CFPA; PROTEIN MGLB 2; PROTEIN TMPA; PROTEIN TMPB; PROTEOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONEQUILIBRATING PH GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEOME; RABBITS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 77952704143     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00173-10     Document Type: Article

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