Function of neisserial outer membrane phospholipase A in autolysis and assessment of its vaccine potential

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2222-2231

  Bos, Martine P ^a   Tefsen, Boris ^a   Voet, Pierre ^b   Weynants, Vincent ^b   Van Putten, Jos P M ^a   Tommassen, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GSK   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPASE A; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A; PHOSPHOLIPID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; BACTERIAL VACCINE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RAT; STOP CODON; WILD TYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOLYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BACTERIOLYSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A;

EID: 16244401405     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.4.2222-2231.2005     Document Type: Article

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