Identification of immunodominant B- and T-cell combined epitopes in outer membrane lipoproteins LipL32 and LipL21 of Leptospira interrogans

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 778-783

  Lin, Xu'ai ^a   Zhao, Jinfang ^a   Qian, Jing ^a   Mao, Yafei ^a   Pan, Jianping ^a   Li, Liwei ^a   Peng, Huiqin ^a   Luo, Yihui ^a   Yan, Jie ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN LIPL21; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN LIPL32; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; LIPOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77952004121     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00405-09     Document Type: Article

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