Synthesis and immunological studies of α-conotoxin chimera containing an immunodominant epitope from the 268-284 region of HSV gD protein

Journal of Peptide Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-17

  Mezo G ^a   Drakopoulou, E ^b   Paal V ^c   Rajnavolgyi E ^c   Vita, C ^b   Hudecz, Ferenc ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

conotoxin; Antibody recognition; Chimera peptides; Disulfide bond formation; HSV epitope peptide; Solution conformation

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; DISULFIDE; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CYCLIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOGENICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONOTOXINS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

CONUS GEOGRAPHUS; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 0013324178     PISSN: 1397002X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3011.2000.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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