Insertional mutagenesis of ricin A chain: A novel route to an anti-ricin vaccine

Vaccine

Volumn 22, Issue 21-22, 2004, Pages 2800-2805

  Marsden, Catherine J ^a   Knight, Simon ^b   Smith, Daniel C ^a   Day, Philip J ^a   Roberts, Lynne M ^a   Phillips, Gary J ^b   Lord, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Insertional mutagenesis; Ricin

Indexed keywords

RICIN A; RICIN ANTIBODY; TOXIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; INJECTION; LETHALITY; MAMMAL CELL; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROVOCATION TEST; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; VACCINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RIBOSOMES; RICIN; RICINUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 3142647063     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.01.024     Document Type: Article

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