A recombinant metalloprotease antigen of Vibrio vulnificus elicits protective antibodies in a murine model

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 168-172

  Chen, Y C ^a   Chang, C C ^b   Chang, S Y ^a   Su, Jer Horng ^a  

^a CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PENGHU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Infection; Metalloprotease; Protective effect; Vaccine; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ENCODING; VACCINES;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; EXPRESSION VECTORS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRAPERITONEAL; METALLOPROTEASE; MURINE MODEL; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS; PROTECTIVE EFFICACY; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANTIBODIES;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL VACCINE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; FREUND ADJUVANT; METALLOPROTEASE ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS METALLOPROTEASE;

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM; CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION; RODENT; VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS INFECTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE; MUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 74049087375     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02771.x     Document Type: Article

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