Horizontal transfer of the gene encoding outer membrane protein P2 of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae, in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 114-117

  Hiltke, Thomas J ^a,c   Schiffmacher, Andrew T ^a,c   Dagonese, Antoinette J ^a,c   Sethi, Sanjay ^a,c   Murphy, Timothy F ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c W NY Vet Affairs Healthcare System   (United States)

^d VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN P2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPUTUM CULTURE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0038235621     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375724     Document Type: Article

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