Molecular Cloning of a Novel Protein Antigen of Leishmania major That Elicits a Potent Immune Response in Experimental Murine Leishmaniasis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 5034-5041

  Webb, John R ^a   Kaufmann, David ^b   Campos Neto, Antonio ^a   Reed, Steven G ^a,c  

^a INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030457804     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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