The recombinant 120-kilodalton protein of Ehrlichia chaffeensis, a potential diagnostic tool

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2853-2855

  Yu, Xue Jie ^a   Crocquet Valdes, Patricia ^a   Cullman, Louis C ^b   Walker, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b MRL Diagnostics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EHRLICHIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029858809     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2853-2855.1996     Document Type: Article

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