Article
Several membrane polypeptides of the live vaccine strain Francisella tularensis LVS stimulate T cells from naturally infected individuals.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 1990
Sjöstedt A, Sandström G, Tärnvik A
Abstract excerpt
The currently used live vaccine strain Francisella tularensis LVS was derived several decades ago from a wild strain of the species. In the present report, several membrane polypeptides of LVS are shown to be recognized by T cells from individuals immunized by natural infection with F. tularensis. Bacterial membranes of a capsule-deficient mutant of LVS were subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel...
Topics
- Adult
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bacterial Vaccines
- Epitopes
- Francisella tularensis
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Membrane Proteins
- Middle Aged
