Exopolysaccharides of Burkholderia pseudomallei

Acta Tropica

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 211-214

  Steinmetz, Ivo ^a   Nimtz, Manfred ^b   Wray, Victor ^b   Häußler, Susanne ^a   Reganzerowski, Antje ^a   Brenneke, Birgit ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; MELIOIDOSIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033959675     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00072-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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