Immunogenic mimics of Brucella lipopolysaccharide epitopes

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1936-1939

  Beninati, Concetta ^a   Garibaldi, Manuela ^a   Lo Passo, Carla ^a   Mancuso, Giuseppe ^a   Papasergi, Salvatore ^a   Garufi, Gabriella ^a   Pernice, Ida ^a   Teti, Giuseppe ^a   Felici, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brucella; Mimotopes; Monoclonal antibodies; Phage display

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DNA VACCINE; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; OVIS;

EID: 70349322415     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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