Haemophilus ducreyi outer membrane determinants, including DsrA, define two clonal populations

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2387-2399

  White, Catherine Dinitra ^a   Leduc, Isabelle ^a   Olsen, Bonnie ^a   Jeter, Chrystina ^a   Harris, Chavala ^a   Elkins, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN DLTA; PROTEIN DSRA; PROTEIN HLP; PROTEIN NCAA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIPID LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPID-LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 16244384155     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.4.2387-2399.2005     Document Type: Article

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