Detection of 23 immunogenic pneumococcal proteins using convalescent- phase serum

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3740-3743

  Zysk, Gregor ^a   Bongaerts, Roger J M ^a   Ten Thoren, Elke ^a   Bethe, Gesina ^a   Hakenbeck, Regine ^b   Heinz, Hans Peter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SERUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONVALESCENCE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034075294     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.6.3740-3743.2000     Document Type: Article

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