Strategy to create chimeric proteins derived from functional adhesin regions of Mycoplasma pneumoniae for vaccine development

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5007-5015

  Schurwanz, Nicol ^a   Jacobs, Enno ^a   Dumke, Roger ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ADHESIN P1; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN P30; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 70350441300     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00268-09     Document Type: Article

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