Identification of immunodominant epitope of F1 antigen of Yersinia pestis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-162

  Sabhnani, Leenu ^a   Rao, Donthamsetty N ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Competitive enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Direct binding assay; Epitope; F1 antigen; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; F1 ANTIGEN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EPITOPE MAPPING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0033959430     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00183-2     Document Type: Article

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