Characterization of leptospiral proteins that afford partial protection in hamsters against lethal challenge with Leptospira interrogans

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1005-1015

  Atzingen, Marina V ^a   Gonçales, Amane P ^b   De Morais, Zenaide M ^b   Araújo, Eduardo R ^b   De Brito, Thales ^b   Vasconcellos, Silvio A ^b   Nascimento, Ana L T O ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN LIC10494; PROTEIN LIC12730; PROTEIN LIC12922; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BRAZIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAMSTER; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; METAL CHARGED CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTER MEMBRANE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEROTYPE; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956557065     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.021485-0     Document Type: Article

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