Identification of an immunoglobulin A binding motif located in the β- antigen of the C protein complex of group B streptococci

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2787-2793

  Jerlström, Pierre G ^a,c   Talay, Susanne R ^a   Valentin Weigand, Peter ^a   Timmis, Kenneth N ^a   Chhatwal, Gursharan S ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0029889860     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.7.2787-2793.1996     Document Type: Article

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