Streptococcus agalactiae alpha-like protein 1 possesses both cross-reacting and Alp1-specific epitopes

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1365-1370

  Kvam, Augusta I ^a   Mavenyengwa, Rooyen T ^a,c   Radtke, Andreas ^a,b   Maeland, Johan A ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LIKE PROTEIN 1; ALPHA LIKE PROTEIN 2; ALPHA LIKE PROTEIN 3; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE; PROTEIN CALPHA; PROTEIN RIB; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; RABBITS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 79961106972     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.05005-11     Document Type: Article

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