Identification and characterization of epitopes on the 120-kilodalton surface protein antigen of Rickettsia prowazekii with synthetic peptides

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1413-1419

  Ching, W M ^a   Wang, H ^a   Jan, B ^a   Dasch, G A ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHIRALITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TYPHUS;

EID: 0029879718     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.4.1413-1419.1996     Document Type: Article

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