Functional characterization of LcpA, a surface-exposed protein of Leptospira spp. that binds the human complement regulator C4BP

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3207-3216

  Barbosa, Angela S ^a   Monaris, Denize ^a   Silva, Ludmila B ^a   Morais, Zenaide M ^b   Vasconcellos, Sílvio A ^b   Cianciarullo, Aurora M ^b   Isaac, Lourdes ^b   Abreu, Patricia A E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; LECTIN; LEPTOSPIRAL COMPLEMENT REGULATOR ACQUIRING PROTEIN A; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN A; TRITON X 114; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT CLASSICAL PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT LECTIN PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 77953940510     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00279-10     Document Type: Article

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