Cloning, sequencing, and expression of a gene from Campylobacter jejuni encoding a protein (Omp18) with similarity to peptidoglycan-associated lipoproteins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1850-1853

  Konkel, Michael E ^a   Mead, David J ^b   Cieplak Jr , Witold ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029876023     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.5.1850-1853.1996     Document Type: Article

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