A bactericidal monoclonal antibody elicits a change in its antigen, OspB of Borrelia burgdorferi, that can be detected by limited proteolysis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1425-1431

  Katona, Laura I ^a   Ayalew, Sahlu ^a   Coleman, James L ^a   Benach, Jorge L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOLYSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNIZATION; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034141729     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.3.1425     Document Type: Article

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