Antigenic characteristics of polypeptides of Coxiella burnetii isolates

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-85

  To, Ho ^a   Hotta, Akitoyo ^a   Zhang, Guo Quan ^a   Van Nguyen, Sa ^a   Ogawa, Motohiko ^a   Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Fukushi, Hideto ^a   Amano, Ken Ichi ^b   Hirai, Katsuya ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

28 kDa polypeptide; Coxiella burnetii; Immunoblotting; Immunogenicity

Indexed keywords

ANAZOLENE SODIUM; POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; Q FEVER;

EID: 0031885875     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02255.x     Document Type: Article

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