Immunologic and structural relationships of the minor pilus subunits among Haemophilus influenzae isolates

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4788-4796

  McCrea, Kirk W ^a,b,d   St Sauver, Jennifer L ^a,b   Marrs, Carl F ^b   Clemans, Daniel ^a   Gilsdorf, Janet R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EPITHELIUM CELL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 0031687864     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.10.4788-4796.1998     Document Type: Article

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