Immunogenicity of Neisseria gonorrhoeae lipooligosaccharide epitope 2C7, widely expressed in vivo with no immunochemical similarity to human glycosphingolipids

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1223-1237

  Gulati, Sunita ^c   McQuillen, Daniel P ^a   Mandrell, Robert E ^b   Jani, Darshana B ^c   Rice, Peter A ^c  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENDOMETRITIS; IMMUNOGENICITY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MOUSE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0029806568     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.6.1223     Document Type: Article

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