Identification and characterization of immunodominant B-cell epitope of the C-terminus of protective antigen of Bacillus anthracis

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2107-2115

  Kaur, Manpreet ^a   Chug, Hema ^b   Singh, Harpreet ^a   Chandra, Subhash ^c   Mishra, Manish ^a   Sharma, Meenakshi ^a   Bhatnagar, Rakesh ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Molecular Biology Programme   (Germany)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

B cell epitope; Immunodominant; Lethal toxin neutralizing antibodies; Protection

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; ANTHRAX VACCINE; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPE I[604-622] VACCINE; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPE II[626-676] VACCINE; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPE III[707-723] VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4; LETHAL TOXIN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHRAX; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYTOKINES; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KINETICS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PEPTIDES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; VACCINATION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; MUS;

EID: 67349091654     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2008.12.031     Document Type: Article

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