Immunological potential of Helix vulgaris and Rapana venosa hemocyanins

Immunological Investigations

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 822-840

  Dolashka Angelova, Pavlina ^a,f   Stefanova, Tsetanka ^b   Livaniou, Evangelia ^c   Velkova, Lyudmila ^a   Klimentzou, Persefoni ^c   Stevanovic, Stefan ^d   Salvato, B ^e   Neychev, Hristo ^b   Voelter, Wolfgang ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^c INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f NONE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Electron microscopy; Hapten carrier; Helix vulgaris; Hemocyanin

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HAPTEN ANTIBODY; HEMOCYANIN; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA; TRINITROBENZENESULFONIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELIX VULGARIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAPANA VENOSA; SNAIL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CATTLE; HEMOCYANIN; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSCA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; TRINITROBENZENESULFONIC ACID;

EID: 57349182541     PISSN: 08820139     EISSN: 15324311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820130802403366     Document Type: Article

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