Immunolocalization of a 22 kDa protein (IPLA7, p22) of Borrelia burgdorferi

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 215-219

  Grewe, Carola ^a   Nuske, Joachim H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Biometra GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Protein localization

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029992162     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00110-3     Document Type: Article

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