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SUBMITTER: Oscherwitz J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4519083 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oscherwitz Jon J Quinn Conrad P CP Cease Kemp B KB
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<h4>Background</h4>Epitope-focused immunogens can elicit antibody against the loop neutralizing determinant (LND), a neutralizing epitope found within the 2β2-2β3 loop of protective antigen (PA), which can protect rabbits from high-dose inhalation challenge with Bacillus anthracis Ames strain. Interestingly, data suggests that this epitope is relatively immunosilent in rabbits and non-human primates immunized with full length PA.<h4>Methods</h4>To determine whether the LND is immunosilent among ...[more]