Comparative analysis of immunoglobulin A1 protease activity among bacteria representing different genera, species, and strains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4452-4459

  Reinholdt, Jesper ^a,b   Kilian, Mogens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030731850     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.11.4452-4459.1997     Document Type: Article

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