Article
Properties of pertussis toxin mutant PT-9K/129G after formaldehyde treatment.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 1991
Nencioni L, Volpini G, Peppoloni S, Bugnoli M, De Magistris T, Marsili I, Rappuoli R
Abstract excerpt
Formaldehyde treatment is a method routinely used to detoxify diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis toxins as well as other molecules suitable for vaccine production. To investigate whether chemical detoxification alters the immunological properties of vaccine components, we have treated the pertussis toxin mutant PT-9K/129G with formaldehyde and tested the properties of the resulting molecules. Very low...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacterial Vaccines
- Epitopes
- Formaldehyde
- Guinea Pigs
- Male
- Mice
- Mutation
- Pertussis Toxin
- Virulence Factors, Bordetella
