Antigenic heterogeneity and molecular analysis of CopB of Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3666-3671

  Sethi, S ^a,b,d   Surface, J M ^a,b   Murphy, T F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d VA WNY Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030964564     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.9.3666-3671.1997     Document Type: Article

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