The major outer membrane protein of Haemophilus ducreyi consists of two OmpA homologs

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1764-1773

  Klesney Tait, Julia ^a   Hiltke, Thomas J ^b   Maciver, Isobel ^a   Spinola, Stanley M ^b   Radolf, Justin D ^a   Hansen, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI;

EID: 0031053472     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1764-1773.1997     Document Type: Article

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