The serological classification of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae: I. Isolation of the outer membrane complex responsible for serotypic specificity*

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1976, Pages 741-758

  Johnston, Kenneth H ^a,b,c   Holmes, King K ^a,b   Gotschlich, Emil C ^a,b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; POLYPEPTIDE;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CLASSIFICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROORGANISM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEROTYPE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITOPES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEROTYPING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0017224869     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.143.4.741     Document Type: Article

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