Cloning and characterization of the Bacteroides fragilis metalloprotease toxin gene

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1007-1013

  Franco, Augusto A ^a,b   Mundy, Linda M ^a   Trucksis, Michele ^b   Wu, Shaoguang ^a   Kaper, James B ^b   Sears, Cynthia L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; METALLOPROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031027277     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.3.1007-1013.1997     Document Type: Article

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