Characterization of T cell responses to the RgpA-Kgp proteinase-adhesin complexes of Porphyromonas gingivalis in BALB/c mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 4150-4158

  Tam, Vivian ^a   O'Brien Simpson, Neil M ^a   Pathirana, Rishi D ^a   Frazer, Leanne T ^a   Reynolds, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ALANINE; ALANYLASPARAGINYLGLYCYLLEUCYLALANYLALANYLTHREONYLHISTIDYL ALANYLGLYCYLASPARAGINYLISOLEUCYLGLYCYLASPARAGINYLISOLEUCINE; ALANYLASPARAGINYLTYROSYLTHREONYLALANYLHISTIDYLGLYCYLSERYL GLUTAMYLTHREONYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYLALANYLASPARTYLPROLINE; ALANYLPHENYLALANYLISOLEUCYLHISTIDYLLYSYLLYSYLTYROSYL ASPARAGINYLASPARTYLGLYCYLLEUCYLALANYLALANYLSERYLALANINE; ALANYLSERYLLEUCYLPROLYLGLUTAMINYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYL ALANYLSERYLTYROSYLSERYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMINYLALANYLSERINE; ALANYLTRYPTOPHYLALANYLASPARTYLPROLYLLEUCYLLEUCYLTHREONYL THREONYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLLEUCYLLYSYLALANYLLEUCINE; ARGINYLGLYCYLPROLYLALANINE LYSYLGLYCYLPROLINE; ASPARAGINYLTYROSYLLEUCYLLYSYLALANYLPROLYLTYROSYLTHREONYL GLYCYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYLSERYLHISTIDYLLEUCYLASPARAGINE; ASPARTYLVALYLALANYLCYSTEINYLVALYLASPARAGINYLGLYCYL ASPARTYLPHENYLALANYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANYLSERYLMETHIONYLPROLYLCYSTEINE; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMYLLYSYLVALYLLEUCYLLEUCYLISOLEUCYLALANYLGLYCYLALANYL ASPARTYLTYROSYLSERYLTRYPTOPHYLASPARAGINYLSERINE; GLYCYLASPARTYLGLYCYLSERYLVALYLMETHIONYLPROLYLTYROSYLARGINYL ALANYLMETHIONYLPROLYLLYSYLTHREONYLASPARAGINE; GLYCYLGLUTAMYLLYSYLGLYCYLLYSYLLYSYLTHREONYLLYSYLLYSYLVALYL THREONYLASPARTYLLEUCYLTYROSYLTYROSINE; HISTIDINE; INTERLEUKIN 4; LYSYLALANYLTHREONYLMETHIONYLPROLYLASPARTYLLYSYLSERYLTYROSYLL EUCYLGLUTAMYLLYSYLVALYLLEUCYLLEUCINE; LYSYLGLYCYLALANYLTYROSYLALANYLTYROSYLISOLEUCYLGLYCYLSERYL SERYLPROLYLASPARAGINYLSERYLTYROSYLTRYPTOPHAN; PHENYLALANYLGLYCYLGLUTAMYLVALYLISOLEUCYLTHREONYLARGINYLVALYLLYSYL GLUTAMYLLYSYLGLYCYLALANYLTYROSYLALANINE; POLYMER; PROTEINASE; SERYLHISTIDYLLEUCYLASPARAGINYLTHREONYLGLYCYLVALYLSERYLPHENYL ALANYLALANYLASPARAGINYLTYROSYLTHREONYLALANINE; SERYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMINYLALANYLSERYLALANYLGLYCYLSERYL TYROSYLVALYLALANYLISOLEUCYLSERYLLYSYLASPARTIC ACID; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; THREONYLASPARAGINYLSERYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLL EUCYLPROLYLPHENYLALANYLISOLEUCYLPHENYLALANYLASPARTYLVALYLALANYLCYSTEINYLVALINE; THREONYLISOLEUCYLLYSYLTYROSYLGLYCYLMETHIONYLGLUTAMINYL TYROSYLTYROSYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMYLHISTIDYLGLYCINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSYLSERYLTRYPTOPHYLASPARAGINYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLVALYLGLYCYL GLUTAMINYLPROLYLTHREONYLISOLEUCYLLYSYLTYROSYLGLYCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARGINGIPAIN, PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; LYS GINGIPAIN; LYS-GINGIPAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CATALYSIS; CELL LINE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IMMUNOGENICITY; LYMPH NODE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL LINE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 56149088041     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.6.4150     Document Type: Article

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