Fine-epitope mapping of an antibody that binds the ectodomain of influenza matrix protein 2

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-84

  Zou, Peng ^a   Liu, Wanli ^a   Wu, Fan ^a   Chen, Ying Hua ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Influenza virus; M2 protein; Mimotope; Phage display

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; ARGININE; EPITOPE; GLUTAMYLVALYLGLUTAMYLTHREONYLPROLYLISOLEUCYLARGINYLASPARAGINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MATRIX PROTEIN; MATRIX PROTEIN 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 8C6; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CLONE; CLONING; EPITOPE MAPPING; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 43349095249     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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