Function and protective capacity of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum Glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 5763-5770

  Cameron, Caroline E ^a   Castro, Christa ^a   Lukehart, Sheila A ^a   Van Voorhis, Wesley C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL VACCINE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SYPHILIS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0031792841     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.12.5763-5770.1998     Document Type: Article

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