Segregation of B and T cell epitopes of Treponema pallidum repeat protein K to variable and conserved regions during experimental syphilis infection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 952-957

  Morgan, Cecilia A ^a   Molini, Barbara J ^a   Lukehart, Sheila A ^a   Van Voorhis, Wesley C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REPEAT PROTEIN K; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SYPHILIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0037100286     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.2.952     Document Type: Article

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