Construction and immunologic evaluation of a Porphyromonas gingivalis subsequence peptide fused to hepatitis B virus core antigen

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-125

  Dawson, Janet A ^a   Macrina, Francis L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion protein; Hepatitis B virus core antigen; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Protease; Repeated sequence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ABSCESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0033055569     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00183-4     Document Type: Article

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