A novel 62-kilodalton egg antigen from Schistosoma mansoni induces a potent CD4+ T helper cell response in the C57BL/6 mouse

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1729-1735

  Asahi, Hiroko ^a   Hernandez, Hector J ^a   Stadecker, Miguel J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HELPER CELL; HYBRIDOMA; LIVER GRANULOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0033066574     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.4.1729-1735.1999     Document Type: Article

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