Identification of two minor subunits in the pilus of Haemophilus influenzae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4227-4231

  McCrea, Kirk W ^a,c   Watson, Wendy J ^a,d   Gilsdorf, Janet R ^a   Marss, Carl F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Section on Statistical Genetics   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030811362     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4227-4231.1997     Document Type: Article

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