Cross-reactivity of antibodies against leptospiral recurrent uveitis-associated proteins A and B (LruA and LruB) with eye proteins

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Verma, Ashutosh ^a   Kumar, Pawan ^c   Babb, Kelly ^d   Timoney, John F ^b   Stevenson, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; EPITOPE; EYE PROTEIN; LENS PROTEIN; LEPTOSPIRAL RECURRENT UVEITIS ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A; LEPTOSPIRAL RECURRENT UVEITIS ASSOCIATED PROTEIN B; LIPOPROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; HORSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LENS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; TISSUE SECTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UVEITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROSS REACTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RETINA; UVEITIS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 78149261062     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000778     Document Type: Article

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