Strep Infection
Research from M.N. Khan and co-researchers yields new findings on strep infection
Published in Vaccine Weekly, August 5th, 2009
"The present study was carried out to evaluate the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of GroEL (hsp60) of Streptococcus pneumoniae, by expressing full length GroEL in heterologous host Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). PCR-amplified groEL. was ligated in pQE 30 expression vector and subsequently transformed in E. coli DH5 alpha strains. Cloning of groEL was confirmed by double digestion, followed by DNA sequencing," scientists in Delhi, India report.
"The His-tag containing recombinant GroEL was purified by Ni-NTA affinity chromatography. To determine the immunogenicity of GroEL, the mice were immunized by injecting 40 mu g GroEL protein per mouse intraperitoneally. The...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-08-05)
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