Transformation of a virulence associated gene of Haemophilus somnus into a strain lacking the gene

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-258

  Sanders, Jerry D ^a   Tagawa, Yuichi ^a   Briggs, Robert E ^b   Corbeil, Lynette B ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic complementation; Haemophilus somnus; Surface antigen; Transformation

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HISTOPHILUS SOMNI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPORATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE;

HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HISTOPHILUS SOMNI;

EID: 0030763519     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00335-2     Document Type: Article

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