Fine mapping of outer membrane protein P2 antigenic sites which vary during persistent infection by Haemophilus influenzae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4673-4679

  Duim, Birgitta ^a,b   Vogel, Liesbeth ^a   Puijk, Wouter ^b   Jansen, Henk M ^a   Meloen, Rob H ^b   Dankert, Jacob ^a   Van Alphen, Loek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029859351     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.11.4673-4679.1996     Document Type: Article

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