Analysis of complement C3 deposition and degradation on Klebsiella pneumoniae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4726-4732

  Albertí, Sebastián ^a   Álvarez, Dolores ^a,b   Merino, Susana ^c   Casado, María Teresa ^a   Vivanco, Fernando ^d   Tomás, Juan M ^c   Benedí, Vicente J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b AEST   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029909144     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.11.4726-4732.1996     Document Type: Article

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