The major outer membrane protein, CD, extracted from Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis is a potential vaccine antigen that induces bactericidal antibodies

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 187-199

  Yang, Yan Ping ^a   Myers, Lisa E ^a   McGuinness, Ursula ^a   Chong, Pele ^a   Kwok, Yan ^a   Klein, Michel H ^a   Harkness, Robin E ^a  

^a Research Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Branhamella catarrhalis; heat modifiable protein; outer membrane protein; protein CD; vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; VACCINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GUINEA PIGS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS;

EID: 0031056463     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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