Identification of an epitope on the recombinant bovine PrP that is able to elicit a prominent immune response in wild-type mice

Immunology Letters

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-39

  Černilec, Maja ^a   Vranac, Tanja ^a   Hafner Bratkovič, Iva ^b   Koren, Simon ^a   Venturini, Anja Colja ^a   Popović, Mara ^c   Juntes, Polona ^c   Šerbec, Vladka Čurin ^a  

^a BLOOD TRANSFUSION CENTRE OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Immune response; Monoclonal antibody; Prion protein; TSE diagnostics

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; ISOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PRION PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; DEER; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; EPITOPES; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIONS; RABBITS; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SHEEP; SWINE;

EID: 34648820358     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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