Heterogeneity of the PorB protein in serotype 22 Neisseria meningitidis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3680-3682

  Urwin, Rachel ^a   Fox, Andrew J ^b   Musilek, Martin ^c   Kriz, Paula ^c   Maiden, Martin C J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0031724953     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.12.3680-3682.1998     Document Type: Article

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