A Cryptic T Cell Epitope on the Apical Membrane Antigen of Plasmodium chabaudi adami Can Prime for an Anamnestic Antibody Response: Implications for Malaria Vaccine Design

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 5535-5544

  Amante, Fiona H ^a   Crewther, Pauline E ^b   Anders, Robin F ^b   Good, Michael F ^a  

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

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN I, PLASMODIUM; EPITOPE; MALARIA VACCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALARIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; T LYMPHOCYTE; VACCINATION;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DRUG DESIGN; EPITOPES; FEMALE; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031302403     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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