Molecular analysis of the heavy chain of antibodies that recognize the capsular polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis in hu-PBMC reconstituted SCID mice and in the immunized human donor

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-124

  Smithson, S L ^a   Srivastava, N ^a   Hutchins, W A ^b   Westerink, M A J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heavy chain; Neisseria meningitidis; RT PCR; SCID

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCID MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MICE; MICE, SCID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0033014029     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(99)00024-3     Document Type: Article

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