A 200 kDa protein is associated with haemagglutinating isolates of Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-216

  Fitzgerald, Margaret ^a   Mulcahy, Riona ^b   Murphy, Susan ^b   Keane, Conor ^b   Coakley, Davis ^b   Scott, Thomas ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Haemagglutination; Heat modifiability; Immunoblotting; Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis; Surface protein

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; HEMAGGLUTININ; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

EID: 0030827158     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00041-2     Document Type: Article

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