Diversification of specificity after maturation of the antibody response to the HIV gp41 epitope ELDKWA

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  White, Henry N ^a   Meng, Qing Hai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTEIN VARIANT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; VACCINATION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY;

MUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; EPITOPES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP41; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

EID: 84856843932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031555     Document Type: Article

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