A novel approach to study variable heavy chain gene usage in response to the capsular polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 249-262

  Srivastava, Neeti ^a   Smithson, S Louise ^a   Westerink, M A Julie ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene usage; Immunoglobulin; Neisseria meningitidis; Variable heavy chain

Indexed keywords

ANTIIDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CD3 ANTIGEN; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 6F9; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CASE REPORT; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHYLOGENY; PILOT PROJECTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP C;

EID: 0036276927     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(02)00034-9     Document Type: Article

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