Enhanced antigenicity of a four-contact-residue epitope of the measles virus hemagglutinin protein by phage display libraries: Evidence of a helical structure in the putative active site

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 435-443

  Deroo, Sabrina ^a   El Kasmi, Karim C ^a,b   Fournier, Philippe ^a   Theisen, Dietmar ^a   Brons, Nicolaas H C ^a   Herrmann, Markus ^c   Desmet, Johan ^d   Muller, Claude P ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Helix structure; Hemagglutinin protein; Linear epitope; Measles virus; Neutralizing antibodies; Peptide

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MEASLES VIRUS; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BINDING SITES; EPITOPES; HEMAGGLUTININS, VIRAL; MEASLES VIRUS; MICE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031695082     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(98)00057-1     Document Type: Article

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