Chemoenzymatic synthesis of immunogenic meningococcal group C polysialic acid-tetanus Hc fragment glycoconjugates

Glycoconjugate Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 857-870

  McCarthy, Pumtiwitt C ^a   Saksena, Rina ^a   Peterson, Dwight C ^a   Lee, Che Hung ^a   An, Yanming ^a   Cipollo, John F ^a   Vann, Willie F ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoenzymatic synthesis; Click chemistry; Glycoconjugate vaccines; Neisseria meningitidis; Tetanus toxin C fragment

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCOCONJUGATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYSIALIC ACID; POLYSIALIC ACID TETANUS HC GLYCOCONJUGATE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; TETANUS TOXIN; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHEMOENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIALYLATION;

MUS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SIALIC ACIDS; TETANUS TOXIN; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 84887996912     PISSN: 02820080     EISSN: 15734986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10719-013-9490-x     Document Type: Article

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