B-cell epitope mapping within the MA16 antigenic sequence found in Eimeria acervulina merozoites and sporozoites

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 147-157

  O'Lorcain, P ^b   Talebi, A ^a   Mulcahy, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

antigenicity; B cell epitope mapping; E. acervulina; predictive algorithms

Indexed keywords

SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SPOROZOITE; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSS REACTIONS; EIMERIA; EPITOPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE MAPPING; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES;

EID: 0030588668     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01010-2     Document Type: Article

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