Identification and selective destruction of shared epitopes in human chorionic gonadotropin beta subunit

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 21-36

  Jackson, Alison M ^a   Klonisch, Thomas ^a   Lapthorn, Adrian J ^c   Berger, Peter ^b   Isaacs, Neil W ^c   Delves, Peter J ^a   Lund, Torben ^a   Roitt, Ivan M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Epitope; Epitope specific vaccine; hCG; hLH; Mutagenesis; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; EPITOPE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SERINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0030220279     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0378(96)00978-3     Document Type: Article

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