Epitope Contiguous Chains and Antibody Recognition in HIV-1 Synthetic Peptide Antigens

Journal of Molecular Recognition

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 631-638

  Aleanzi, Mabel ^a   Perotti, Norma ^a   Montaner, Alejandro ^a   Lottersberger, Javier ^a   Tonarelli, Georgina ^a   Marcipar, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antibody recognition; Conformation; Contiguous chains; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay HIV 1; Synthetic peptides

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN; PEPTIDE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIGENS; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP41; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0030224320     PISSN: 09523499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1352(199634/12)9:5/6<631::AID-JMR312>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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