Epitope mapping and evaluation of specificity of T-helper sites in four major antigenic peptides of chicken riboflavin carrier protein in outbred rats

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-16

  Subramanian, Sarada ^a   Andal, S ^b   Karande, Anjali A ^b   Radhakantha Adiga, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Epitope mapping; Riboflavin carrier protein; Synthetic peptides; T cell epitope

Indexed keywords

ALANYLCYSTEINYLGLUTAMINYLLYSYLLYSYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLYSYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLALANYLLEUCYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMIC ACID; ALANYLGLUTAMYLASPARTYLPHENYLALANYLTHREONYLLYSYLLYSYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLCYSTEINYLPHENYLALANYLTYROSYLARGINYLALANYLSERINE; ASPARAGINYLHISTIDYLCYSTEINYLLYSYLSERYLLYSYLALANYLVALYLPROLYLTYROSYLSERYLGLUTAMYLMETHIONYLTYROSYLALANINE; ASPARTYLPHENYLALANYLTHREONYLLYSYLLYSYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLCYSTEINYLPHENYLALANYLTYROSYLARGINYLALANYLSERYLPROLYLHISTIDINE; ASPARTYLTHREONYLHISTIDYLLYSYLALANYLASPARAGINYLPROLYLSERYLPROLYLGLUTAMYLPROLYLASPARAGINYLMETHIONYLHISTIDYLGLUTAMIC ACID; CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; CYSTEINYLGLUTAMINYLLYSYLLYSYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLYSYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLALANYLLEUCYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMYLGLUTAMIC ACID; CYSTEINYLLEUCYLGLUTAMYLGLYCYLASPARTYLTHREONYLHISTIDYLLYSYLALANYLASPARAGINYLPROLYLSERYLPROLYLGLUTAMYLPROLINE; EPITOPE; GLUTAMINYLLYSYLLYSYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLYSYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLALANYLLEUCYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMYLGLUTAMYLGLYCINE; GLUTAMYLASPARAGINYLHISTIDYLCYSTEINYLLYSYLSERYLLYSYLALANYLVALYLPROLYLTYROSYLSERYLGLUTAMYLMETHIONYLTYROSINE; GLUTAMYLASPARTYLPHENYLALANYLTHREONYLLYSYLLYSYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLCYSTEINYLPHENYLALANYLTYROSYLARGINYLALANYLSERYLPROLINE; GLUTAMYLGLYCYLASPARTYLTHREONYLHISTIDYLLYSYLALANYLASPARAGINYLPROLYLSERYLPROLYLGLUTAMYLPROLYLASPARAGINYLMETHIONINE; GLYCYLASPARTYLTHREONYLHISTIDYLLYSYLALANYLASPARAGINYLPROLYLSERYLPROLYLGLUTAMYLPROLYLASPARAGINYLMETHIONYLHISTIDINE; GLYCYLCYSTEINYLLEUCYLGLUTAMYLGLYCYLASPARTYLTHREONYLHISTIDYLLYSYLALANYLASPARAGINYLPROLYLSERYLPROLYLGLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCYLGLUTAMYLASPARAGINYLHISTIDYLALANYLLYSYLSERYLLYSYLALANYLVALYLPROLYLTYROSYLSERYLGLUTAMYLMETHIONYLTYROSYLALANYLASPARAGININE; GLYCYLGLUTAMYLASPARAGINYLHISTIDYLCYSTEINYLLYSYLSERYLLYSYLALANYLVALYLPROLYLTYROSYLSERYLGLUTAMYLMETHIONINE; HISTIDYLALANYLCYSTEINYLGLUTAMINYLLYSYLLYSYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLYSYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLALANYLLEUCYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINE; HISTIDYLCYSTEINYLLYSYLSERYLLYSYLALANYLVALYLPROLYLTYROSYLSERYLGLUTAMYLMETHIONYLTYROSYLALANYLASPARAGININE; LEUCYLGLUTAMYLGLYCYLASPARTYLTHREONYLHISTIDYLLYSYLALANYLASPARAGINYLPROLYLSERYLPROLYLGLUTAMYLPROLYLASPARAGININE; LYSYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLYSYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLALANYLLEUCYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMYLGLUTAMYLGLYCYLGLUTAMYLGLUTAMIC ACID; LYSYLLYSYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLCYSTEINYLPHENYLALANYLTYROSYLARGINYLALANYLSERYLPROLYLHISTIDYLALANYLALANYLARGININE; LYSYLLYSYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLYSYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLALANYLLEUCYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMYLGLUTAMYLGLYCYLGLUTAMIC ACID; PHENYLALANYLTHREONYLLYSYLLYSYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLCYSTEINYLPHENYLALANYLTYROSYLARGINYLALANYLSERYLPROLYLHISTIDYLALANINE; RIBOFLAVIN BINDING PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; THREONYLLYSYLLYSYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLCYSTEINYLPHENYLALANYLTYROSYLARGINYLALANYLSERYLPROLYLHISTIDYLALANYLALANINE; TYROSYLGLYCYLCYSTEINYLLEUCYLGLUTAMYLGLYCYLASPARTYLTHREONYLHISTIDYLLYSYLALANYLASPARAGINYLPROLYLSERYLPROLYLGLUTAMYLPROLYLASPARAGINYLMETHIONYLHISTIDYLGLUTAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL ASSAY; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITOPE MAPPING; HELPER CELL; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPH NODE CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; OUTBRED STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0142059247     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.09.162     Document Type: Article

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