Affinity purification and characterization of a fibrinogen-binding protein complex which protects mice against lethal challenge with Streptococcus equi subsp. equi

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 993-1003

  Meehan, Mary ^a   Nowlan, Peter ^a   Owen, Peter ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fibrinogen binding protein; Protective antigen; Streptococcus equi subsp. equi

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DNA; FIBRINOGEN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. EQUI;

EID: 0031979211     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-4-993     Document Type: Article

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