Active immunization against Pneumocystis carinii with a recombinant P. carinii antigen

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2446-2448

  Wells, Jesse ^a   Haidaris, Constantine G ^a   Wright, Terry W ^a   Gigliotti, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII ANTIGEN A12 THIOREDOXIN FUSION PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; THIOREDOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; THIOREDOXIN;

EID: 33645504050     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.4.2446-2448.2006     Document Type: Article

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