Mapping immunodominant antigens and H-2-linked antibody responses in mice urogenitally infected with Chlamydia muridarum

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 659-665

  Zeng, Hao ^a,b   Hou, Shuping ^a   Gong, Siqi ^a   Dong, Xiaohua ^a   Zou, Quanming ^b   Zhong, Guangming ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chlamydia muridarum; H 2 restricted antibody responses; Immunodominant antigens; Mouse urogenital tract infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; H2 RESTRICTED ANTIBODY RESPONSE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; H-2 ANTIGENS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, INBRED DBA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; MUS;

EID: 84862269160     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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