Recombinant antigens based on toxins A and B of Clostridium difficile that evoke a potent toxin-neutralising immune response☆

•Definition of Clostridium difficile toxin-derived antigens for soluble expression in E. coli.•Demonstration of their potent neutralising immune response against key epidemic strain toxins.•TcdA and TcdB were different with respect to the domains that evoke a neutralising immune response.•TcdB centr...

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Main Authors: Maynard-Smith, Michael, Ahern, Helen, McGlashan, Joanna, Nugent, Philip, Ling, Roger, Denton, Harriet, Coxon, Ruth, Landon, John, Roberts, April, Shone, Clifford
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3969267/