The immunogenicity of Rhodococcus equi GroEL2-based vaccines in a murine model

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 91-100

  Vanniasinkam, Thiru ^a   Barton, Mary D ^a,b   Heuzenroeder, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell mediated immunity; GroEL; Murine model; Rhodococcus equi; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; CHAPERONIN; DNA VACCINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INVERTED REPEAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 1142285585     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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