Characterization of conserved combined T and B cell epitopes in leptospira interrogans major outer membrane proteins OmpL1 and LipL41

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lin, Xu'Ai ^a   Sun, Aihua ^a   Ruan, Ping ^a,c   Zhang, Zhe ^a   Yan, Jie ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHAOXING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN LIPL41; PROTEIN OMPL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 78951479838     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-21     Document Type: Article

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