Description of an albumin binding activity for Streptococcus suis serotype 2

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-250

  Quessy, Sylvain ^a   Busque, Philippe ^b   Higgins, Robert ^b   Jacques, Mario ^b   Dubreuil, J Daniel ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

albumin; binding protein; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ALBUMINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031056274     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00534-4     Document Type: Article

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