Electrophoretic and antigenic characterisation of Dermatophilus congolensis extracellular products

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-51

  Ambrose, N C ^a   El Jack, M A ^b   McOrist, S ^a   Boid, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JUBA   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Dermatophilus congolensis; Extracellular products; Immunology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COW; DERMATOPHILUS; GHANA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SKIN INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GHANA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SCOTLAND; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; WOOL;

EID: 0031422948     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(97)00173-9     Document Type: Article

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