Role of Mycoplasma penetrans endonuclease P40 as a potential pathogenic determinant

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4456-4462

  Bendjennat, Mourad ^a,b   Blanchard, Alain ^c   Loutfi, Mohammed ^b   Montagnier, Luc ^c   Bahraoui, Elmostafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; PROTEIN P40;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0032797444     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.9.4456-4462.1999     Document Type: Article

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