Haemagglutination properties of Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 257-262

  Fitzgerald, M ^a   Murphy, S ^b   Mulcahy, R ^b   Keane, C ^b   Coakley, D ^b   Scott, T ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Haemagglutination; Haemagglutinin; Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; PRONASE; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEAT TREATMENT; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; RABBITS;

EID: 0030465687     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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