T-cell epitope mapping the PorB protein of serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis in B10 congenic strains of mice

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 134-142

  Delvig, Alexei A ^a   Rosenqvist, Einar ^a   Oftung, Fredrik ^b   Robinson, John H ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PORIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAPLOTYPE; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPH NODE CELL; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOUSE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030859830     PISSN: 00901229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clin.1997.4437     Document Type: Article

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