Antigenic characterization and analysis of the human immune response to outer membrane protein E of Branhamella catarrhalis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2668-2675

  Bhushan, Reva ^a,b,e   Kirkham, Charmaine ^c   Sethi, Sanjay ^c,d   Murphy, Timothy F ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030914031     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.7.2668-2675.1997     Document Type: Article

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