Neutralization epitopes on the antigenic domain II of the Orientia tsutsugamushi 56-kDa protein revealed by monoclonal antibodies

Vaccine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2-9

  Seong, S Y ^a   Kim, M K ^b   Lee, S M ^b   Odgerel, Z ^b   Choi, M S ^a   Han, T H ^c   Kim, I S ^a   Kang, J S ^b   Lim, B U ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

56 kDa protein; Neutralization; Orientia tsutsugamushi

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER MODEL; DELETION MUTANT; GENE SEQUENCE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034663503     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(00)00167-5     Document Type: Article

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