Immunogenicity of recombinant l7/l12 ribosomal protein of Neisseria meningitidis - High prevalence of specific antibodies in humans but limited immunogenicity for T cells

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-47

  Nolte, Oliver ^a   Förch, Christian ^a   Ehrhard, Ingrid ^b   Sonntag, Hans Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunogenicity; Neisseria meningitidis; Ribosomal protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HYBRID PROTEIN; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L7 L12; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L7 L12 ANTIBODY; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L7-L12;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENICITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0036254133     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-002-0113-6     Document Type: Article

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