Identification of two novel genes encoding 97- to 99-kilodalton outer membrane proteins of Chlamydia pneumoniae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 375-383

  Knudsen, Katrine ^a   Madsen, Anna Sofie ^a   Mygind, Per ^a   Christiansen, Gunna ^a   Birkelund, Svend ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032945716     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.1.375-383.1999     Document Type: Article

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