Cyto-adherence studies of the adhesin P50 of Mycoplasma hominis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 485-493

  Kitzerow, Annette ^a   Hadding, Ulrich ^a   Henrich, Birgit ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; DNA FRAGMENT; METAL; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CHELATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032814612     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-48-5-485     Document Type: Article

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