Molecular basis for the cross-reactivity of antibodies elicited by a natural anatoxin with α- and β-toxins from the venom of Tityus serrulatus scorpion

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 867-876

  Chavez Olortegui, Carlos ^a   Molina, Franck ^b   Granier, Claude ^b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Keyhole limpet hemocyanin; Non toxic protein (TsNTxP); Tityus serrulatus

Indexed keywords

ANATOXIN; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; SCORPION VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HORSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RABBIT; SCORPION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; HORSES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; SCORPION VENOMS; TOXOIDS;

SCORPIONES; TITYUS; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 0036196723     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(01)00117-1     Document Type: Article

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