Conservation and diversity of HMW1 and HMW2 adhesin binding domains among invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae isolates

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1161-1170

  Giufrè, Maria ^a   Muscillo, Michele ^a   Spigaglia, Patrizia ^a   Cardines, Rita ^a   Mastrantonio, Paola ^a   Cerquetti, Marina ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN HMW1; PROTEIN HMW2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE BINDING DOMAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HMW1A GENE; HMW2A GENE; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 31844433745     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.2.1161-1170.2006     Document Type: Article

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