Identification of a phosphatase-sensitive epitope of rabies virus nucleoprotein which is recognized by a monoclonal antibody 5-2-26

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-240

  Anzai, Jun ^a   Takamatsu, Fumihiko ^a   Takeuchi, Kenji ^a,c   Kohno, Takashi ^a,d   Morimoto, Kinjiro ^a   Goto, Hideo ^a,b   Minamoto, Nobuyuki ^b   Kawai, Akihiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antigenic site; Monoclonal antibody; Phosphatase sensitive epitope; Phosphorylation site; Rabies virus nucleoprotein

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORUS 32; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RABIES VIRUS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0030941147     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01195.x     Document Type: Article

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