Outer membrane proteins and serosubtyping with outer membrane vesicles from clinical isolates of Neisseria meningitidis

Current Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-22

  Arhin, Francis F ^a,b   Moreau, France ^a   Coulton, James W ^a   Mills, Elaine L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dept of Microbiology and Immunology ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENES, BACTERIAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PORINS; QUEBEC; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0031014376     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900137     Document Type: Article

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