Recombinant Opc meningococcal protein, folded in vitro, elicits bactericidal antibodies after immunization

Vaccine

Volumn 15, Issue 6-7, 1997, Pages 751-758

  Musacchio, Alexis ^a   Carmenate, Tania ^a   Delgado, Maité ^a   González, Sonia ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

Author keywords

bactericidal antibodies; N. meningitidis; renaturation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL INCLUSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RENATURATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0030911949     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(96)00198-3     Document Type: Article

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