Epitope mapping of immunogenic and adhesive structures in repetitive domains of Mycoplasma bovis variable surface lipoproteins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 680-687

  Sachse, K ^a,d   Helbig, J H ^b   Lysnyansky, I ^c   Grajetzki, C ^a   Muller W ^a   Jacobs, E ^b   Yogev, D ^c  

^a Fed Inst Hlth Protect C   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Fachbereich 4   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; EPITOPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; IMMUNOGENICITY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033957260     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.2.680-687.2000     Document Type: Article

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