Genetic and antigenic diversity of the surface protective antigen proteins of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 813-820

  To, Ho ^a   Nagai, Shinya ^a  

^a NIPPON INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; SURFACE PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN A; SURFACE PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN B; SURFACE PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RABBIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 35748986132     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00099-07     Document Type: Article

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