Cloning and characterization of a Prevotella melaninogenica hemolysin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2765-2771

  Allison, Heather E ^a   Hillman, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0031006401     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.7.2765-2771.1997     Document Type: Article

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