Immunochemical characterization of an IgG-binding protein of Streptococcus suis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-127

  Benkirane, Riad ^a   Gottschalk, Marcelo G ^a   Jacques, Mario ^a   Dubreuil, J Daniel ^a  

^a Dept Pathol Microbiologie Fac M   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heat shock protein; IgG binding protein; Streptococccus suis

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATTLE; CHAPERONIN 60; CHICKENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE;

EID: 0031972136     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00114-4     Document Type: Article

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