M proteins of Streptococcus equisimilis strains isolated from pharyngitis patients

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 418, Issue , 1997, Pages 745-748

  Bisno, Alan L ^a,b   Collins, Carleen ^b   Turner, James C ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

M PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0030868813     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1825-3_175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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