Phase variation and conservation of lipooligosaccharide epitopes in Haemophilus somnus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4675-4681

  Inzana, Thomas J ^a   Hensley, Jennifer ^a   McQuiston, John ^a   Lesse, Alan J ^b   Campagnari, Anthony A ^c   Boyle, Stephen M ^a   Apicella, Michael A ^d  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HAEMOPHILUS; HISTOPHILUS SOMNI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0030817860     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.11.4675-4681.1997     Document Type: Article

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