Sequence variation in the hpd gene of nonencapsulated Haemophilus influenzae isolated from patients with chronic bronchitis

Gene

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-60

  Duim, Birgitta ^a   Ruiter, Paula ^a   Bowler, Lucas D ^a   Dankert, Jacob ^a   Van Alphen, Loek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; Microbial pathogenesis; PCR; Protein D

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRONCHITIS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 0030942703     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00030-9     Document Type: Article

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