Conservation and antigenic cross-reactivity of the transferrin-binding proteins of Haemophilus influenzae, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3505-3513

  Holland, Julie ^a   Parsons, Tina R ^a   Hasan, Abdulaziz A ^a   Cook, Susanna M ^a   Stevenson, Pauline ^b   Griffiths, Elwyn ^b,c   Williams, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; Antigenic conservation; Haemophilus influenzae; Neisseria meningitidis; Transferrin binding proteins 1 and 2

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CROSS REACTING ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030459382     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-12-3505     Document Type: Article

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