Molecular biology of the Chlamydia pneumoniae surface

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 104, 1997, Pages 5-10

  Christiansen, Gunna ^a,b   Østergaard, Lars ^a   Birkelund, Svend ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

BACTERIAL GENE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; ARTICLE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON;

EID: 0030611313     PISSN: 03008878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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