Protection against syphilis correlates with specificity of antibodies to the variable regions of Treponema pallidum repeat protein K

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 5605-5612

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN TPRK; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REPEAT PROTEIN K; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REINFECTION; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0141446129     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.10.5605-5612.2003     Document Type: Article

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