Repetitive elements of the Mycoplasma hominis adhesin p50 can be differentiated by monoclonal antibodies

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4027-4034

  Henrich, Birgit ^a   Kitzerow, Annette ^a   Feldmann, Renata Chandrika ^a   Schaal, Heiner ^a   Hadding, Ulrich ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; EPITOPE; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE III; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029822218     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.10.4027-4034.1996     Document Type: Article

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