Immunological characterization of a protective antigen of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: Identification of the region responsible for protective immunity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1646-1651

  Shimoji, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Mori, Yasuyuki ^b   Fischetti, Vincent A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; EPITOPE; GENE PRODUCT; RABBIT ANTISERUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE;

EID: 0033066899     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.4.1646-1651.1999     Document Type: Article

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