Identification and molecular analysis of rough-colony-specific outer membrane proteins of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2901-2908

  Haase, Elaine M ^a   Zmuda, Joyce L ^a   Scannapieco, Frank A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; FIMBRIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTITIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS;

EID: 0032984036     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.6.2901-2908.1999     Document Type: Article

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