Expression of virulence-associated antigens of Rhodococcus equi is regulated by temperature and pH

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 591-594

  Takai, Shinji ^a   Fukunaga, Nariaki ^a   Kamisawa, Kei ^a   Imai, Yumiko ^a   Sasaki, Yukako ^a   Tsubaki, Shiro ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Expression; Rhodococcus equi; Virulence associated antigens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRYPSIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PLASMID; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0029840363     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01113.x     Document Type: Article

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