Identification of a multigene family coding for the 90 kDa proteins of the ovine abortion subtype of Chlamydia psittaci

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 277-281

  Longbottom, David ^a   Russell, Mary ^a   Jones, Gareth E ^a   Lainson, F Alexander ^a   Herring, Alan J ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

90 kDa outer membrane protein; Affinity purified antibody; Chlamydia psittaci; Immunoscreening; Southern blotting; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DUPLICATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030245611     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00281-9     Document Type: Article

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