Heterogeneity of tbpB, the transferrin-binding protein B gene, among serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis strains of the ET-5 complex

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 522-529

  Rokbi, B ^a   Mignon, M ^a   Caugant, D A ^b   Quentin Millet, M J ^a  

^a Pasteur Aierieux Connaught   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030770711     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.5.522-529.1997     Document Type: Article

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