Mimicry of 21.5 kDa myelin basic protein peptide by a Maedi Visna virus polymerase peptide does not contribute to the pathogenesis of encephalitis in sheep

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 127-139

  Davies, J M ^a,d   Watt, N J ^b   Torsteinsdottir, S ^c   Carnegie, P R ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; VISNA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CROSS REACTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; GENE PRODUCTS, POL; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; SHEEP; VISNA-MAEDI VIRUS;

EID: 0030455265     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(96)05619-X     Document Type: Article

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