The GALα1-4GAL-binding adhesin of Streptococcus suis, a gram-positive meningitis-associated bacterium

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 408, Issue , 1996, Pages 25-34

  Haataja, Sauli ^a   Tikkanen, Kaarina ^b   Hytönen, Jukka ^a   Finne, Jukka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 0029741635     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0415-9_3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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