Heat-stable serotyping antigens expressed by strains of Campylobacter jejuni are probably capsular and not long-chain lipopolysaccharide

Journal of Applied Bacteriology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 635-640

  Chart, H ^a   Frost, U A ^a   Oza, A ^a   Thwaites, R ^a   Gillanders, S ^a   Rowe, B ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBOHYDRATES; CHAINS;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LONG CHAINS; PENNER SEROTYPING; SDS-PAGE; SELECTED STRAINS; SEROTYPING;

ANTIGENS;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEAT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029751766     PISSN: 00218847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1996.tb03558.x     Document Type: Article

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