Sequence heterogeneity of PsaA, a 37-kilodalton putative adhesin essential for virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 5255-5262

  Berry, Anne M ^a   Paton, James C ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0029846414     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.12.5255-5262.1996     Document Type: Article

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