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1: Infect Immun. 2002 Mar;70(3):1653-6.Click here to read Click here to read Links

A recombinant carboxy-terminal domain of the protective antigen of Bacillus anthracis protects mice against anthrax infection.

Flick-Smith HC, Walker NJ, Gibson P, Bullifent H, Hayward S, Miller J, Titball RW, Williamson ED.

Dstl, Chemical and Biological Sciences, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JQ, United Kingdom.

The immunogenicity and protective efficacy of overlapping regions of the protective antigen (PA) polypeptide, cloned and expressed as glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins, have been assessed. Results show that protection can be attributed to individual domains and imply that it is domain 4 which contains the dominant protective epitopes of PA.

PMID: 11854261 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC127760

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