A protective surface protein from type V group B streptococci shares N- terminal sequence homology with the alpha C protein

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4255-4260

  Lachenauer, Catherine S ^a,b   Madoff, Lawrence C ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029845258     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.10.4255-4260.1996     Document Type: Article

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