Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of the alpha C protein of group B streptococci are inversely related to the number of repeats

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 5216-5221

  Gravekamp, Claudia ^a,c   Kasper, Dennis L ^a   Michel, James L ^a   Kling, David E ^a   Carey, Vincent ^a   Madoff, Lawrence C ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; EPITOPE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0030831113     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.12.5216-5221.1997     Document Type: Article

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