D-galactan II is an immunodominant antigen in O1 lipopolysaccharide and affects virulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae: Implication in vaccine design

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Hsieh, Pei Fang ^a   Wu, Meng Chuan ^b   Yang, Feng Ling ^c   Chen, Chun Tang ^a   Lou, Tzu Chi ^c   Chen, Yi Yin ^a   Wu, Shih Hsiung ^c   Sheu, Jin Chuan ^b   Wang, Jin Town ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

D galactan II; Immunodominant antigen; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Lipopolysaccharide; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTID GAL II IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; DNA HOMOLOG; GALACTAN; GALACTAN II; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE O1 ANTIGEN; PACYC184 DERIVED PLASMID; PLASMID VECTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNIZATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; TRANSPOSON; WBBY GENE; WBBZ GENE;

EID: 84987836155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00608     Document Type: Article

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