The conserved 18,000-molecular-weight outer membrane protein of Haemophilus ducreyi has homology to PAL

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1950-1955

  Spinola, Stanley M ^a   Hiltke, Thomas J ^a   Fortney, Kate ^a   Shanks, Kathryn L ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; GLOBOMYCIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULCUS MOLLE;

EID: 0030010928     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.1950-1955.1996     Document Type: Article

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