Analysis of the immunological responses to transferrin and lactoferrin receptor proteins from Moraxella catarrhalis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3793-3799

  Yu, Rong Hua ^a   Bonnah, Robert A ^a   Ainsworth, Samuel ^b   Schryvers, Anthony B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; TUBERCULIN;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG INFECTION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0032790287     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.8.3793-3799.1999     Document Type: Article

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