Mapping of B-cell epitopes on a novel 11.5-kilodalton Fasciola hepatica-Schistosoma mansoni cross-reactive antigen belonging to a member of the F. hepatica saposin-like protein family

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 4932-4938

  Torres, Daricel ^a   Espino, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; PEPTIDE; SPHINGOLIPID ACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SERUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PEPTIDES; RABBITS; SAPOSINS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 33746634735     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00442-06     Document Type: Article

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