The Shigella flexneri serotype Y vaccine candidate SFL124 originated from a serotype 2a background

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 285-289

  Roberts, Fleur ^a   Jennison, Amy V ^a   Verma, Naresh K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glucosyl transferases; Serotype reversion; Shigella flexneri

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; O ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI VACCINE; SHIGELLA VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROCONVERSION; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA VACCINES; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 22844452320     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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