Characterization of a novel lipoprotein expressed by Haemophilus ducreyi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 5047-5052

  Hiltke, Thomas J ^a   Campagnari, Anthony A ^b   Spinola, Stanley M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; GLOBOMYCIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PALMITIC ACID;

ARTICLE; GENITAL ULCER; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SERUM; ULCUS MOLLE;

EID: 0029834746     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.12.5047-5052.1996     Document Type: Article

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