Structural requirements of the major protective antibody to Haemophilus influenzae type B

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2503-2514

  Hougs, Lotte ^a   Juul, Lars ^a   Svejgaard, Arne ^a   Barington, Torben ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOMATIC MUTATION;

EID: 0032953203     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.5.2503-2514.1999     Document Type: Article

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