Cloning and Expression of N-CFTX-1 Antigen from Chironex fleckeri in Escherichia coli and Determination of Immunogenicity in Mice

• Main Authors: Hossein JAFARI (Author), Saeid TAMADONI JAHROMI (Author), Jamil ZARGAN (Author), Ehsan ZAMANI (Author), Reza RANJBAR (Author), Hossein HONARI (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Most jellyfish species are poisonous. Human victims of jellyfish sting each year are 120 million. Chironex fleckeri is a venomous box jellyfish that inflicts painful and potentially fatal stings to humans. The CfTX-1 is one of the antigenic proteins of venom that is suggested to stimulat...