Cloning, sequencing, and role in serum susceptibility of porin II from mesophilic Aeromonas hydrophila

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1849-1854

  Mercé Nogueras, Maria ^a   Merino, Susana ^a   Aguilar, Alicia ^a   Javier Benedi, Vicente ^b   Tomás, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; PORIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPLEMENT C1Q; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; PORINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0343674531     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.4.1849-1854.2000     Document Type: Article

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