Cloning, expression, and purification of a novel recombinant antigen from Leishmania donovani.

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Published in Protein Expr Purif on August 24, 2005

Authors

Ramu Sivakumar1, Pawan Sharma, Kwang-Poo Chang, Sarman Singh

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 4938, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110 029, India.

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