A dominant B-cell epitope on the 22 kDa tegumental membrane-associated antigen of Schistosoma japonicum maps to an EF-hand calcium binding domain

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 337-345

  Waine, G J ^a   Mazzer, D R ^a   Brandt, E R ^a   McManus, D P ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

22 kDa tegumental membrane associated antigen; B cell epitopes; Schistosomiasis japonica

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ELONGATION FACTOR; EPITOPE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CALCIUM BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; WORM TEGUMENT;

ANIMALIA; JAPONICA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

EID: 0030855983     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1997.d01-225.x     Document Type: Article

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