RgpA-Kgp peptide-based immunogens provide protection against Porphyromonas gingivalis challenge in a murine lesion model

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 4055-4063

  O'Brien Simpson, Neil M ^a   Paolini, Rita A ^a   Reynolds, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; EPITOPE MAPPING; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; VACCINES, CONJUGATE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033932230     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.7.4055-4063.2000     Document Type: Article

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