Epitope Mapping of a Bactericidal Monoclonal Antibody against the Factor H Binding Protein of Neisseria meningitidis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 386, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-108

  Scarselli, Maria ^a   Cantini, Francesca ^b   Santini, Laura ^a   Veggi, Daniele ^a   Dragonetti, Sara ^b   Donati, Claudio ^a   Savino, Silvana ^a   Giuliani, Marzia M ^a   Comanducci, Maurizio ^a   Marcello, Federica Di ^a   Romagnoli, Giacomo ^a   Pizza, Mariagrazia ^a   Banci, Lucia ^b   Rappuoli, Rino ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

antibody; epitope mapping; fHbp; Neisseria; NMR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; EPITOPE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPUTER MODEL; EPITOPE MAPPING; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN VARIANT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 58549113038     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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