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Title:

Chlamydia infections and heart disease linked through antigenic mimicry.

Dataset

identifier:	1409538
description:	epitope description:VLETSMAEFTSTNVIS antigen name:Large cysteine-rich periplasmic protein OmcB host organism:Mus musculus BALB/c
aggregation:	instance of dataset
availability:	available
primaryPublications:	10037605

Access

authorizations:	registration not required
accessURL:	http://www.iedb.org/reference/1001187
landingPage:	http://www.iedb.org/assay/1409538

Publication

type:	Literature
publicationVenue:	Science
dates:	1999

Dimension

study type:	b cell assays
subject species:	Chlamydia trachomatis

Person

fullName:	K Bachmaier N Neu L M de la Maza S Pal A Hessel J M Penninger

Data Type

method:	ELISA

Study

name:	Chlamydia infections and heart disease linked through antigenic mimicry.
description:	Serum IgG from mice immunized with the epitope cross-reacted with peptide M7Aalpha (SLKLMATLFSTYASAD) from endogenous myosin. Both peptides contain the motif xxxMAxxxSTxxx.

Data Repository

name:	iedb
homePage:	http://www.iedb.org

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