has role protective antigen role protective antigen Leishmania major protein Gp63 Oliver He Allen Xiang protein Cell-mediated immunity to Leishmania major (L. major) was induced by injecting BALB/c mice intradermally with plasmid DNA expressing the conserved L. major cell surface glycoprotein gp63 (gp63-pcDNA-3). Challenge studies revealed that gp63-pcDNA-3 vaccination protected 30% of susceptible mice (21 of 70) from Leishmania infection [PubMed: 9741428]. Protegen ID: 741; NCBI Protein GI: 259011719; NCBITaxon: 5664