Sequence conservation of glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase among Treponema pallidum strains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3168-3170

  Cameron, Caroline E ^a   Castro, Christa ^a   Lukehart, Sheila A ^a   Van Voorhis, Wesley C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION SITE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0033057987     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.6.3168-3170.1999     Document Type: Article

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