Antigenic and molecular analyses of different Chlamydia pneumoniae strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 620-623

  Jantos, Christian A ^a   Heck, Susanne ^a   Roggendorf, Rüdiger ^a   Sen Gupta, Mark ^a   Hegemann, Johannes H ^a,b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031050086     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.3.620-623.1997     Document Type: Article

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