Functional and immunological evaluation of two novel proteins of Leptospira spp.

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 160, Issue PART 1, 2014, Pages 149-164

  Fernandes, Luis G V ^a,b   Vieira, Monica L ^a,b   Alves, Ivy J ^a   de Morais, Zenaide M ^b   Vasconcellos, Silvio A ^b   Romero, Eliete C ^c   Nascimento, Ana L T O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LAMININ; LIC 10645 PROTEIN; LIC 10731 PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN LIPL32; PLASMINOGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMOBILIZED METAL AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEROTYPE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; KINETICS; LAMININ; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLASMINOGEN; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84891613934     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.072074-0     Document Type: Article

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