Mimotopes of the hyper variable region 1 of the hepatitis C virus induce cross-reactive antibodies directed against discontinuous epitopes

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 485-492

  Roccasecca, Rosamaria ^a   Folgori, Antonella ^a   Ercole, Bruno Bruni ^a   Puntoriero, Giulia ^a   Lahm, Armin ^a   Zucchelli, Silvia ^a   Tafi, Rosalba ^a   Pezzanera, Monica ^a   Galfre, Giovanni ^a   Tramontano, Anna ^a   Mondelli, M U ^b   Pessi, Antonello ^a   Nicosia, Alfredo ^a   Cortese, Riccardo ^a   Meola, Annalisa ^a  

^a IRBM   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; Mimotope

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; FREUND ADJUVANT; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; RABBITS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL HEPATITIS VACCINES;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0035655216     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(01)00084-0     Document Type: Article

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