A novel chimeric MOMP antigen expressed in Escherichia coli, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Daucus carota as a potential Chlamydia trachomatis vaccine candidate

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-202

  Kalbina, Irina ^a   Wallin, Anita ^b   Lindh, Ingrid ^a   Engström, Peter ^b   Andersson, Sören ^a,c   Strid, A K ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Chimeric protein; Chlamydia trachomatis; MOMP; Transgenic plants; Vaccine antigen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; OMPA OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CARROT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RABBIT; RHIZOBIUM; SOLUBILITY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DAUCUS CAROTA; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DAUCUS CAROTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 80052854898     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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