Identification of new hmwA alleles from nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1221-1225

  Ecevit, Zafer ^a   McCrea, Kirk W ^a   Marrs, Carl F ^a   Gilsdorf, Janet R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HMWA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 12844286179     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.2.1221-1225.2005     Document Type: Article

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