Identification of an immunodominant ABC transporter in methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3200-3209

  Burnie, James P ^a,b   Matthews, Ruth C ^a,b   Carter, Tracey ^a   Beaulieu, Elaine ^a   Donohoe, Michael ^a   Chapman, Caroline ^a   Williamson, Peter ^a   Hodgetts, Samantha J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTEREMIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; KIDNEY; LIVER; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPLEEN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034032774     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.6.3200-3209.2000     Document Type: Article

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