Molecular biology and vaccine aspects of bacterial immunoglobulin A1 proteases

APMIS, Supplement

Volumn 104, Issue 62, 1996, Pages 5-28

  Lomholt, Hans ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; IGA SPECIFIC SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASE; IGA-SPECIFIC SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; SERINE PROTEINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; PROTEINASE; VIRUS VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0030341695     PISSN: 0903465X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.1996.tb05580.x     Document Type: Article

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