Mapping of the T-cell epitope in the major 43-kilodalton glycoprotein of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis which induces a Th-1 response protective against fungal infection in BALB/c mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 786-793

  Taborda, Carlos P ^a   Juliano, Maria A ^a   Puccia, Rosana ^a   Franco, Marcello ^a   Travassos, Luiz R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; EPITOPE MAPPING; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031950901     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.2.786-793.1998     Document Type: Article

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