The expression and characterization of a putative adhesin B from H. influenzae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 129-137

  Lu, Desheng ^a,b   Boyd, Beth ^b   Lingwood, Clifford A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Celite binding protein; FimA homologue

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS;

EID: 17344385305     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00265-1     Document Type: Article

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