Purification, and biochemical and biological characterization of an immunosuppressive and lymphocyte mitogenic protein secreted by Streptococcus sobrinus

International Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1735-1743

  Ferreira, Paula ^a   Brás, Alexandra ^a   Tavares, Delfina ^a   Vilanova, Manuel ^a   Ribeiro, Adilia ^a   Videira, Arnaldo ^a   Arala Chaves, Mário ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Activation; IL 10; p38; Suppression

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; MITOGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERLEUKIN-10; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOGENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RABBITS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 0030844105     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/9.11.1735     Document Type: Article

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