Assembly and antigenicity of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilus mapped with antibodies

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 644-652

  Forest, Katrina T ^a   Bernstein, Susan L ^a   Getzoff, Elizabeth D ^a   Magdalene, S O ^a,c   Tribbick, Gordon ^b   Geysen, H Mario ^b,d   Deal, Carolyn D ^a,e   Tainer, John A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Mimotopes Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTISERUM; PEPTIDE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0030061874     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.2.644-652.1996     Document Type: Article

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