BMEI0536

Summary

Gene Symbol: BMEI0536
Description: periplasmic immunogenic protein
Species: brucella melitensis 16m

Publications

  1. Cloning of a Brucella melitensis group 3 antigen gene encoding Omp28, a protein recognized by the humoral immune response during human brucellosis
    L E Lindler
    Department of Bacterial Diseases, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307 5100, USA
    Infect Immun 64:2490-9
  2. Cloning of Brucella abortus gene and characterization of expressed 26-kilodalton periplasmic protein: potential use for diagnosis
    O L Rossetti
    Instituto de Biotecnología, Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    J Clin Microbiol 34:165-9
  3. Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression of the Brucella melitensis bp26 gene coding for a protein immunogenic in infected sheep
    A Cloeckaert
    Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire de Pathologie Infectieuse et Immunologie, Nouzilly, France
    FEMS Microbiol Lett 140:139-44
  4. An IS711 element downstream of the bp26 gene is a specific marker of Brucella spp. isolated from marine mammals
    A Cloeckaert
    Laboratoire de Pathologie Infectieuse et Immunologie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 37380 Nouzilly, France
    Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 7:835-9
  5. Epitope mapping of the Brucella melitensis BP26 immunogenic protein: usefulness for diagnosis of sheep brucellosis
    Patricia Seco Mediavilla
    Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
    Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 10:647-51
  6. Molecular evidence of new variant Brucella in North Pacific common minke whales
    Kazue Ohishi
    Program for Marine Biology and Ecology, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology, Natsushima 2 15, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237 0061, Japan
    Microbes Infect 6:1199-204

Scientific Experts

  • Kazue Ohishi
  • Axel Cloeckaert
  • Patricia Seco Mediavilla
  • Michel S Zygmunt
  • Patricia Seco-Mediavilla
  • Maggy Grayon
  • Jean Michel Verger
  • Jean-Michel Verger
  • L E Lindler
  • O L Rossetti
  • N J Snellings
  • A I Arese
  • S L Cravero
  • M L Boschiroli
  • D Hoover
  • F A Rubin
  • B D Tall
  • L L Van De Verg
  • T L Hadfield
  • R L Warren

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. Cloning of a Brucella melitensis group 3 antigen gene encoding Omp28, a protein recognized by the humoral immune response during human brucellosis
    L E Lindler
    Department of Bacterial Diseases, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307 5100, USA
    Infect Immun 64:2490-9
    ..Our results may begin to explain the variability in molecular weight seen in Brucella group Ags and point toward their possible use in vaccination against infection as well as diagnosis of the disease...
  2. Cloning of Brucella abortus gene and characterization of expressed 26-kilodalton periplasmic protein: potential use for diagnosis
    O L Rossetti
    Instituto de Biotecnología, Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    J Clin Microbiol 34:165-9
    ..BP26 might be of value as an antigen for serological diagnosis of brucellosis in different mammals...
  3. Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression of the Brucella melitensis bp26 gene coding for a protein immunogenic in infected sheep
    A Cloeckaert
    Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire de Pathologie Infectieuse et Immunologie, Nouzilly, France
    FEMS Microbiol Lett 140:139-44
    ..Immunoblotting performed with sera from either naturally infected or B. melitensis H38 experimentally infected sheep confirmed the importance of the B. melitensis CP28/BP26 protein as diagnostic antigen...
  4. An IS711 element downstream of the bp26 gene is a specific marker of Brucella spp. isolated from marine mammals
    A Cloeckaert
    Laboratoire de Pathologie Infectieuse et Immunologie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 37380 Nouzilly, France
    Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 7:835-9
    ..Thus, this PCR assay is able to differentiate Brucella terrestrial isolates from marine mammal isolates and could be applied for diagnostic purposes...
  5. Epitope mapping of the Brucella melitensis BP26 immunogenic protein: usefulness for diagnosis of sheep brucellosis
    Patricia Seco Mediavilla
    Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
    Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 10:647-51
    ..Thus, use of this recombinant fusion protein instead the entire recombinant BP26 could improve the specific serological diagnosis of B. melitensis or B. ovis infection in sheep...
  6. Molecular evidence of new variant Brucella in North Pacific common minke whales
    Kazue Ohishi
    Program for Marine Biology and Ecology, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology, Natsushima 2 15, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237 0061, Japan
    Microbes Infect 6:1199-204
    ..The North Pacific Brucella showed the highest similarity to North Atlantic seal strains among the known Brucella strains...