Increasing immunogenicity of antigens fused to Ig-binding proteins by cell surface targeting

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3820-3827

  Léonetti, Michel ^a,b   Thai, Robert ^a   Cotton, Joël ^a   Leroy, Sandrine ^a   Drevet, Pascal ^a   Ducancel, Frédéric ^a   Boulain, Jean Claude ^a   Ménez, André ^a  

^a C E Saclay ^*  (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BINDING FACTOR; SNAKE VENOM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TARGETING; SPLEEN CELL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; ANTIGENS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ERABUTOXINS; HYBRIDOMAS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 2642702611     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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