Immunodominance of conformation-dependent B-cell epitopes of protein antigens

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 308, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 770-776

  Ito, Hiro O ^a   Nakashima, Toshihiro ^b   So, Takanori ^c   Hirata, Masato ^d   Inoue, Masakazu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chemo Sero Therapeutic Research Institute   (Japan)

^c LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

B cell epitope; Hen egg lysozyme; Higher order structure; Immunodominance; Monoclonal antibodies; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Protein antigens; Serratia marcescens; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; LYSOZYME; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OLIGOMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIMBRIA; HEN; HYBRIDOMA CELL CULTURE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

PORPHYROMONAS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0042160142     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01466-9     Document Type: Article

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