Molecular cloning and characterization of the Coccidioides immitis complement fixation/chitinase antigen

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1992-1997

  Yang, Chunmu ^a   Zhu, Yufan ^a   Magee, D Mitchell ^a   Cox, Rebecca A ^a  

^a Texas Center for Infectious Disease   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; EPITOPE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029949505     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.1992-1997.1996     Document Type: Article

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