Human body temperature and new approaches to constructing temperature-sensitive bacterial vaccines

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3019-3031

  White, Matthew D ^a   Bosio, Catharine M ^b,c   Duplantis, Barry N ^b   Nano, Francis E ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Essential gene; Psychrophile; Temperature sensitive; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BODY TEMPERATURE; DRUG DESIGN; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; NONHUMAN; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BODY TEMPERATURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 80052272779     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0734-2     Document Type: Review

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