Functional studies of a fibrinogen binding protein from Staphylococcus epidermidis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4525-4530

  Lei, Pei ^a   Palma, Marco ^a   Nilsson, Martin ^b   Guss, Bengt ^b   Flock, Jan Ingmar ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0344562918     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.9.4525-4530.1999     Document Type: Article

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