Antigenicity, expression, and molecular characterization of surface-located pullulanase of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 7141-7143

  Bongaerts, Roger J M ^a,b   Heinz, Hans Peter ^a   Hadding, Ulrich ^a   Zysk, Gregor ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PULLULANASE;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SPUA GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034442654     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.12.7141-7143.2000     Document Type: Article

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