Potential relevance of Chlamydia pneumoniae surface proteins to an effective vaccine

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 6 SUPPL. 3, 2000, Pages

  Christiansen, Gunna ^a   Pedersen, Anna Sofie ^b   Hjernø, Karin ^a   Vandahl, Brian ^a   Birkelund, Svend ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Loke Diagnostics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; VACCINE;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034053717     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315633     Document Type: Conference Paper

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