Use of an isogenic mutant constructed in Moraxella catarrhalis to identify a protective epitope of outer membrane protein B1 defined by monoclonal antibody 11C6

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 681-687

  Luke, Nicole R ^a,b   Russo, Thomas A ^a,b   Luther, Neal ^a   Campagnari, Anthony A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BINDING PROTEIN; EPITOPE; LACTOFERRIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 11C6; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN B1; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIACEAE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0032961626     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.2.681-687.1999     Document Type: Article

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