Two different 8 kDa monomers are involved in the oligomeric organization of the native Echinococcus granulosus antigen B

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 587-596

  González, Gualberto ^a   Nieto, Alberto ^a   Fernández, Cecilia ^a   Örn, Anders ^b   Wernstedt, Christer ^c   Hellman, Ulf ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antigen B; Echinococcus granulosus; Epitope mapping; MoAbs; Repetitive epitopes

Indexed keywords

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; ANTIGEN B, ECHINOCOCCUS; HELMINTH PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN;

ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; EPITOPE MAPPING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ECHINOCOCCUS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; ECHINOCOCCUS; EPITOPE MAPPING; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0030299047     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1996.d01-38.x     Document Type: Article

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