Tandem use of PCR and synthetic peptides to map helper T-cell epitopes on 27-kDa sexual stage antigen of Plasmodium falciparum

Peptide Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 127-135

  Koski, Gary K ^a   Ploton, Isabelle N ^b   Viscidi, Raphael ^b   Kumar, Nirbhay ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PEPTIDE; PFG25 27 PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PFG25-27 PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CLONE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HELPER CELL; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CLONE CELLS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HYBRIDOMAS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030152188     PISSN: 10405704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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