Immunoelectron microscopic localisation of the OMP90 family on the outer membrane surface of Chlamydia psittaci

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 111-117

  Longbottom, David ^a   Findlay, John ^b   Vretou, Evangelia ^c   Dunbar, Susanna M ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Affinity purified antibody; Chlamydia psittaci; Immunoelectron microscopy; Ovine enzootic abortion; POMP protein family

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VACCINE PRODUCTION; ZOONOSIS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PREGNANCY; PSITTACOSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; OVIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032125228     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00187-6     Document Type: Article

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