Immunogenicity and protective immunity induced by synthetic peptides associated with putative immunodominant regions of Streptococcus mutans glucan-binding protein B

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1179-1184

  Smith, Daniel J ^a   King, William F ^a   Barnes, Leigh A ^a   Peacock, Zachary ^a   Taubman, Martin A ^a  

^a FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCAN BINDING PROTEIN B; LYSYLHISTIDYLLYSYLLEUCYLISOLEUCYLTHREONYLISOLEUCYLTHREONYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYL GLYCYLGLUTAMYLVALYLSERYLALANYLLEUCYLGLUTAMYLGLUTAMYLALANYLGLYCINE; LYSYLSERYLASPARAGINYLALANYLALANYLTHREONYLSERYLTYROSYLISOLEUCYLASPARAGINYLAL ANYLISOLEUCYLISOLEUCYLASPARAGINYLSERYLLYSYLSERYLVALYLSERYLASPARTIC ACID; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GBPB GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; IMMUNIZATION; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VACCINES, SUBUNIT;

EID: 0037371198     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.3.1179-1184.2003     Document Type: Article

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