Identification and characterization of Ixodes scapularis antigens that elicit tick immunity using yeast surface display

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Schuijt, Tim J ^a,b,c   Narasimhan, Sukanya ^a   Daffre, Sirlei ^a,d   DePonte, Kathleen ^a   Hovius, Joppe W R ^b   van't Veer, Cornelis ^b   van der Poll, Tom ^b   Bakhtiari, Kamran ^b   Meijers, Joost C M ^b   Boder, Eric T ^e   van Dam, Alje P ^f   Fikrig, Erol ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^f Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IXODES SCAPULARIS ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P19; PROTEIN P23; PROTEIN P32; PROTEIN P8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIGEN; PEPTIDE LIBRARY;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; IMMUNIZATION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; METHODOLOGY; NYMPH; RABBIT; SALIVARY GLAND; TICK; YEAST;

ANIMALIA; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IXODES; NYMPH; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; RABBITS; SALIVARY GLANDS; TICKS; YEASTS;

EID: 79251546062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015926     Document Type: Article

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