Molecular mimicry between an immunodominant amino acid motif on the 47- kDa lipoprotein of Treponema pallidum (Tpp47) and multiple repeats of analogous sequences in fibronectin

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 720-731

  Baughn, Robert E ^a,b   Jiang, Aibo ^b   Abraham, Ronny ^b   Ottmers, Vicky ^b   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

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; FIBRONECTIN; LIPOPROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHUS PHENOMENON; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPE MAPPING; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0029959349     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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