Antigenic and molecular conservation of the gonococcal NspA protein

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2855-2861

  Plante, Martin ^a   Cadieux, Nathalie ^a   Rioux, Clément R ^a   Hamel, Josée ^a   Brodeur, Bernard R ^a   Martin, Denis ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HYBRIDIZATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0033060166     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.6.2855-2861.1999     Document Type: Article

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