Creation of an isogenic P1-deficient mutant of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius

Gene

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 185-194

  Segada, Lynn M ^a   Lesse, Alan J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial outer membrane protein; Cloning; Competence; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CYCLIC AMP; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHENOTYPE; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE BIOTYPE AEGYPTIUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PURPURA;

EID: 0031578904     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00545-3     Document Type: Article

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