Cloning and expression of the complement fixation antigen-chitinase of Coccidioides immitis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4967-4975

  Roger Zimmermann, C ^a   Johnson, Suzanne M ^a   Martens, Gregory W ^a   White, Andrew G ^a   Pappagianis, Demosthenes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; ENZYME ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

EID: 10544225378     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.12.4967-4975.1996     Document Type: Article

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