Conformational epitope of the type III group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 820-825

  Zou, Wei ^a   Mackenzie, Roger ^a   Thérien, Lina ^a   Hirama, Tomoko ^a   Yang, Qingling ^a   Gidney, Margaret A ^a   Jennings, Harold J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; EPITOPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONFORMATION; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SERUM ALBUMIN; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 0033565998     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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