Enhanced murine antigen-specific gamma interferon and immunoglobulin G2a responses by using mycobacterial ESAT-6 sequences in DNA vaccines

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2239-2243

  Minion, F Chris ^a   Menon, Sreekumar A ^a,c   Mahairas, Gregory G ^b,d   Wannemuehler, M J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

^c WYETH RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Regulone Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPLEEN; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0037381076     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.4.2239-2243.2003     Document Type: Article

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