Immunization with an alphatoxin variant 121A/91-R212H protects mice against Clostridium perfringens alphatoxin

Anaerobe

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-48

  Schoepe, Heike ^a   Neubauer, Axel ^a   Schlapp, Tobias ^a   Wieler, Lothar H ^a,b   Baljer, Georg ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alphatoxin variant; Clostridium perfringens; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; ARGININE; HISTIDINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; VACCINE;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 28844488219     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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