Electron microscopy of the major outer membrane protein of Campylobacter jejuni

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 749-754

  Amako, Kazunobu ^a   Wai, Sun Nyunt ^a   Umeda, Akiko ^a   Shigematsu, Mika ^a   Takade, Akemi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Electron microscopy; Image processing; MOMP; Outer membrane; Porin

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STAINING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 10344223976     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01136.x     Document Type: Article

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