The central, surface-exposed region of the flagellar hook protein flge of Campylobacter jejuni shows hypervariability among strains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 3711-3714

  Lüneberg, Edeltraud ^a   Glenn Calvo, Eduardo ^b,c   Hartmann, Maike ^a   Bär, Werner ^b,d   Frosch, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d CARL THIEM KLINIKUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN FLGE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032457315     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.14.3711-3714.1998     Document Type: Article

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