Human antibody responses to a chlamydia-secreted protease factor

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7164-7171

  Sharma, Jyotika ^a   Bosnie, Anthony M ^a   Piper, Jeanna M ^a   Zhong, Guangming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA SECRETED PROTEASE FACTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PORINS; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX;

EID: 9244258599     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.12.7164-7171.2004     Document Type: Article

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