The Epitopic and Structural Characterization of Brucella suis Biovar 2 O-Polysaccharide Demonstrates the Existence of a New M-Negative C-Negative Smooth Brucella Serovar

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zaccheus, Mona V ^a   Ali, Tara ^a,b   Cloeckaert, Axel ^c,d   Zygmunt, Michel S ^c,d   Weintraub, Andrej ^b   Iriarte, Maite ^e   Moriyón, Ignacio ^e   Widmalm, Göran ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UR1282   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; N FORMYL PEROSAMINE O ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BRUCELLA SUIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; EPITOPES; O ANTIGENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 84872418274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053941     Document Type: Article

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