The 18-kDa lectin-binding protein of Chlamydia trachomatis is different from the 18-kDa histone-like protein

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 189-192

  Swanson, Albertina F ^a   Kuo, Cho Chou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

18 kDa protein; Chlamydia trachomatis; lectin binding protein

Indexed keywords

LECTIN;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LECTIN BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

EID: 0029950938     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00052-3     Document Type: Article

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