Production of IFN-γ in feline whole blood after incubation with potential T-cell epitopes of the nucleocapsid protein of feline coronavirus

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 248-256

  Rossi, G ^a   Cornaro, C ^a   Battilani, M ^b   Pocacqua, V ^a   Paltrinieri, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Feline coronavirus (FCoV); Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP); Interferon (IFN ); Nucleocapsid protein

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CATS; CORONAVIRUS, FELINE; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FELIDAE; FELINE CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 79955949203     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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