Isolation and some properties of fimbriae of oral Streptococcus intermedius

Current Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-65

  Yamaguchi, Taihei ^a   Matsunoshita, Nobuko ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; RABBIT ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISSOCIATION; FIMBRIA; HEAT TREATMENT; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NONHUMAN; PIPETTE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SALIVA LEVEL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; ULTRASOUND;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 3142699868     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-004-4281-z     Document Type: Article

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