Isolation of T-cell antigens by using a recombinant protein library and its application to the identification of novel vaccine candidates against schistosomiasis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3383-3389

  Eberl, Matthias ^a,b   Mountford, Adrian P ^b   Jankovic, Dragana ^c   Beck, Ewald ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HELPER CELL; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033004259     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.7.3383-3389.1999     Document Type: Article

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