Role of signal sequence in vaccine-induced protection against experimental coccidioidomycosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 3539-3545

  Jiang, Chengyong ^a   Magee, D Mitchell ^a   Ivey, F Douglas ^a   Cox, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AG2 PRA(19-194)DNA; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS VACCINE; FUNGUS VACCINE; PLASMID DNA; PROLINE DERIVATIVE; PROLINE RICH ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE MODEL; DNA VECTOR; DRUG EFFICACY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE THERAPY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LETHAL DOSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGAL VACCINES; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0036086524     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.7.3539-3545.2002     Document Type: Article

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