Studies on the identification of deforming factor from Bartonella bacilliformis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 596-604

  Hendrix, Laura R ^a   Kiss, Kati ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Deforming factor; Two dimensional electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

DEFORMING FACTOR; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLOSIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RICKETTSIOSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS;

EID: 0037713706     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07433.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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