Secondary structure and molecular analysis of interstrain variability in the P5 outer-membrane protein of non-typable Haemophilus influenzae isolated from diverse anatomical sites

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1059-1067

  Webb, Dianne C ^a,b   Cripps, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031759092     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-47-12-1059     Document Type: Article

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