Comparison of the sequences and functions of Streptococcus equi M-like proteins SeM and SzPSe

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3600-3605

  Timoney, John F ^a   Artiushin, Sergey C ^a   Boschwitz, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LYMPHADENITIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0030884041     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.9.3600-3605.1997     Document Type: Article

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