Active immunization with recombinant V antigen from Yersinia pestis protects mice against plague
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Regions of Yersinia pestis V antigen that contribute to protection against plague identified by passive and active immunization.
V antigen of Yersinia pestis is a multifunctional protein that has been implicated as a protective antigen, a virulence factor, and a regulatory protein. A series of V-antigen truncates expressed as glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion proteins (GST-V truncates) have been cloned and purified to support immunogenicity and functionality studies of V antigen. Immunization studies with GST-V trun...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.63.8.2854-2858.1995