Bactericidal antibody responses induced by meningococcal recombinant chimeric factor H-binding protein vaccines

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2568-2575

  Beernink, Peter T ^a   Granoff, Dan M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT FACTOR H BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIGEN 1870, NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR; FACTOR H RECEPTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; EPITOPES; FEMALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 46249134092     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00033-08     Document Type: Article

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