Analysis of the human Ig isotype response to individual transferrin binding proteins A and B from Neisseria meningitidis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-167

  Johnson, Alison S ^a   Gorringe, Andrew R ^b   Fox, Andrew J ^a   Borrow, Ray ^a   Robinson, Andrew ^b  

^a WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial antibody; Bacterial outer membrane protein; Bacterial vaccine; Neisseria meningitidis; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEIN B; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0030663502     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00082-5     Document Type: Article

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