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Infection and Immunity, July 2004, p. 4293-4296, Vol. 72, No. 7
0019-9567/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.7.4293-4296.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Expression of a C Terminally Truncated Form of Pertussis Toxin S1 Subunit Effectively Induces Protection against Pertussis Toxin following DNA-Based Immunization

Kazunari Kamachi* and Yoshichika Arakawa

Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Received 1 March 2004/ Returned for modification 23 March 2004/ Accepted 30 March 2004

Four plasmids encoding different C terminally and N terminally truncated pertussis toxin S1 subunits of Bordetella pertussis were constructed and tested for inducibility of protection against pertussis toxin in mice after DNA-based immunization. The region encoding an N-terminal 180-amino-acid fragment of the S1 subunit had the most potent ability to induce protective immunity.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashimurayma-shi, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan. Phone: 81-42-561-0771. Fax: 81-42-565-3315. E-mail: kamachi{at}nih.go.jp.

Editor: J. T. Barbieri

Infection and Immunity, July 2004, p. 4293-4296, Vol. 72, No. 7
0019-9567/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.7.4293-4296.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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