The transferrin binding protein B of Moraxella catarrhalis elicits bactericidal antibodies and is a potential vaccine antigen

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4183-4192

  Myers, Lisa E ^a   Yang, Yan Ping ^a   Du, Run Pan ^a   Wang, Qijun ^a   Harkness, Robin E ^a   Schryvers, Anthony B ^b   Klein, Michel H ^a   Loosmore, Sheena M ^a  

^a Pasteur Merieux Connaught Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS;

EID: 0031719251     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.9.4183-4192.1998     Document Type: Article

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