Analysis of antigenic structure and human immune response to outer membrane protein CD of Moraxella catarrhalis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4578-4585

  Murphy, Timothy F ^a,b   Kirkham, Charmaine ^a   DeNardin, Ernesto ^c   Sethi, Sanjay ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN CD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032794698     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.9.4578-4585.1999     Document Type: Article

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