Vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae using truncated derivatives of polyhistidine triad protein D.
Polyhistidine triad protein D (PhtD) has been described as a promising vaccine candidate for use against Streptococcus pneumoniae, but there has been a lack of examination of its structure and of which region(s) of the protein are targeted by protective immune responses. In this study, we purified r...
Main Authors: | Charles D Plumptre, Abiodun D Ogunniyi, James C Paton |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3814962?pdf=render |
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