Antigen conformation dependence of Chlamydia trachomatis infectivity neutralization

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 713-721

  Fan, Jun ^b   Stephens, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL STRAIN L 929; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030788127     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514095     Document Type: Article

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