Transmission electron microscopy studies of Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-66

  Fitzgerald, Margaret ^a   Mulcahy, Riona ^b   Murphy, Susan ^b   Keane, Conor ^b   Coakley, Davis ^b   Scott, Thomas ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adhesive interaction; Electron microscopy; Hemagglutination; Immuno electron microscopy; Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; RABBITS;

EID: 0032972334     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00121-7     Document Type: Article

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