Molecular analysis of putative pneumococcal virulence proteins

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Paton, James C ^a   Berry, Anne M ^a   Lock, Robert A ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PNEUMOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030939064     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1997.3.1     Document Type: Review

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