Molecular variation in the major outer membrane protein P5 gene of nonencapsulated Haemophilus influenzae during chronic infections

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1351-1356

  Duim, Birgitta ^a,b   Bowler, Lucas D ^a,c   Eijk, Paul P ^a   Jansen, Henk M ^a   Dankert, Jacob ^a   Van Alphen, Loek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PATHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STOP CODON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030949539     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.4.1351-1356.1997     Document Type: Article

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