Variation in repeat number within the alpha C protein of group B streptococci alters antigenicity and protective epitopes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3576-3583

  Gravekamp, Claudia ^a,c   Horensky, Debra S ^a   Michel, James L ^a   Madoff, Lawrence C ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

EID: 0029736810     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.9.3576-3583.1996     Document Type: Article

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