Recombinant truncated AniA of pathogenic Neisseria elicits a non-native immune response and functional blocking antibodies

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 431, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-220

  Shewell, Lucy K ^a   Ku, Shan C ^b   Schulz, Benjamin L ^b   Jen, Freda E C ^a   Mubaiwa, Tsitsi D ^a   Ketterer, Margaret R ^c   Apicella, Michael A ^c   Jennings, Michael P ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

AniA; Glycosylation; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Neisseria meningitidis; Nitrite reductase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; MONOSACCHARIDE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; RECOMBINANT ANIA VACCINE; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLYCOSYLATION; GONORRHEA; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIBODIES, BLOCKING; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; GLYCOSYLATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NITRITE REDUCTASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 84873426158     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.12.132     Document Type: Article

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