Epitope mapping of B-cell determinants on the 15-kilodalton lipoprotein of Treponema pallidum (Tpp15) with synthetic peptides

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2457-2466

  Baughn, Robert E ^a,b   Demecs, Matthew ^a   Taber, Larry H ^a   Musher, Daniel M ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIPOPROTEIN; OCTAPEPTIDE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; EPITOPE MAPPING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0029933056     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.7.2457-2466.1996     Document Type: Article

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