Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression of the Brucella melitensis omp31 gene coding for an immunogenic major outer membrane protein

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3744-3751

  Vizcaíno, Nieves ^a   Cloeckaert, Axel ^a   Zygmunt, Michel S ^a   Dubray, Gérard ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029757276     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.9.3744-3751.1996     Document Type: Article

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