Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against listeriolysin: Mapping of epitopes involved in pore formation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2356-2358

  Darji, Ayub ^a   Niebuhr, Kirsten ^a   Hense, Marc ^a   Wehland, Jürgen ^a   Chakraborty, Trinad ^b   Weiss, Siegfried ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IVANOLYSIN; LISTERIOLYSIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SEELIGEROLYSIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; HEMOLYSIS; LISTERIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029902726     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.2356-2358.1996     Document Type: Article

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