T-cell responses to outer membrane proteins of Neisseria meningitidis: Comparative study of the Opa, Opc, PorA proteins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 298-304

  Wiertz, E J H J ^a   Delvig, A ^b   Donders, E M L M ^a   Brugghe, H F ^a   Van Unen, L M A ^a   Timmermans, H A M ^a   Achtman, M ^b   Hoogerhout, P ^a   Poolman, J T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENICITY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PORINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030049987     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.1.298-304.1996     Document Type: Article

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