Involvement of the Haemophilus ducreyi gmhA gene product in lipooligosaccharide expression and virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4290-4298

  Bauer, Beth A ^a   Stevens, Marla K ^a   Hansen, Eric J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RABBIT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI;

EID: 0031662950     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.9.4290-4298.1998     Document Type: Article

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