Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression of the gene coding for a ribosome releasing factor-homologous protein of Brucella melitensis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4834-4837

  Vizcaíno, Nieves ^a   Cloeckaert, Axel ^a   Dubray, Gérard ^a   Zygmunt, Michel S ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RIBOSOME; SHEEP DISEASE;

EID: 0029858958     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.11.4834-4837.1996     Document Type: Article

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