Comparison of the outer membrane proteins of 50 strains of branhamella catarrhalis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 761-765

  Bartos, Linda C ^a   Murphy, Timothy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN CELL; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR, MIDDLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEAT; HUMAN; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX;

EID: 0023697157     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/158.4.761     Document Type: Article

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