Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the gene encoding LipL41, a surface-exposed lipoprotein of pathogenic Leptospira species

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2322-2330

  Shang, Ellen S ^a   Summers, Theresa A ^b   Haake, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLOBOMYCIN; LIPOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; LEPTOSPIRA; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030013042     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.2322-2330.1996     Document Type: Article

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