Use of a whole genome approach to identify vaccine molecules affording protection against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1593-1598

  Wizemann, T M ^a   Heinrichs, J H ^a   Adamou, J E ^a   Erwin, A L ^a   Kunsch, C ^a   Choi, G H ^a   Barash, S C ^a   Rosen, C A ^a   Masure, H R ^a   Tuomanen, E ^a   Gayle, A ^a   Brewah, Y A ^a   Walsh, W ^a   Barren, P ^a   Lathigra, R ^a   Hanson, M ^a   Langermann, S ^a   Johnson, S ^a   Koenig, S ^a  

^a MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN PSPA; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN SP101; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN SP128; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN SP130; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN SP36; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN SP46; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN SP91; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 0035114563     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.3.1593-1598.2001     Document Type: Article

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