Identification and molecular analysis of the gene encoding Rickettsia typhi hemolysin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 6104-6108

  Radulovic, Suzana ^a   Troyer, Jill M ^a   Beier, Magda S ^a   Lau, Audrey O T ^a   Azad, Abdu F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEMOLYSIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SHEEP;

RICKETTSIA TYPHI;

EID: 0032729648     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.6104-6108.1999     Document Type: Article

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