Characterization of Pgp3, a Chlamydia trachomatis plasmid-encoded immunodominant antigen

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 6017-6024

  Chen, Ding ^a   Lei, Lei ^a   Lu, Chunxue ^a   Galaleldeen, Ahmad ^a   Hart, P John ^a,b   Zhong, Guangming ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; PROTEIN PGP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 78049424498     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00847-10     Document Type: Article

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