Recombinant attenuated Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium expressing the carboxy-terminal domain of alpha toxin from Clostridium perfringens induces protective responses against necrotic enteritis in chickens

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 805-816

  Zekarias, Bereket ^a   Mo, Hua ^a   Curtiss III, Roy ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIVE VACCINE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ATTENUATED SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM VACCINE; ALPHA TOXIN, CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOLECULAR CLONING; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; ENTERITIS; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTERITIS; GENETIC VECTORS; NECROSIS; POULTRY DISEASES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 46249090420     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00457-07     Document Type: Article

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