Immuno-detection of the virulence determinant OmpX at the cell surface of Enterobacter cloacae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-120

  De Kort, Gijs ^a   Van der Bent Klootwijk, Paola ^a   Van de Klundert, Jos A M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Immuno gold labelling; OmpX; Outer membrane; Topology; Virulence

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; EPITOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROLASES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; RABBITS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031934123     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00510-7     Document Type: Article

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