Conversion of Low Antibody Responders into High Responders by Up-Regulating the T Cell Response to a Selective Epitope

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2883-2890

  Mikszta, John A ^a   Kim, Byung S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HAPTEN; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNTHESIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHICKENS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HAPTENS; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COOPERATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0030266516     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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