A protein particle vaccine containing multiple malaria epitopes

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1280-1284

  Gilbert, Sarah C ^a   Plebanski, Magdalena ^a   Harris, Stephen J ^b   Allsopp, Catherine E M ^a   Thomas, Rebecca ^a   Layton, Guy T ^b   Hill, Adrian V S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b British Biotech Pharmaceuticals Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; Vaccine design

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MALARIA VACCINE; PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; VIRUS PARTICLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA VACCINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 0030713343     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1197-1280     Document Type: Article

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