Comparison of the PspA sequence from Streptococcus pneumoniae EF5668 to the previously identified PspA sequence from strain Rx1 and ability of PspA from EF5668 to elicit protection against pneumococci of different capsular types

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4748-4754

  McDaniel, Larry S ^a,b   Olga McDaniel, D ^a   Hollingshead, Susan K ^b   Brile, David E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 3543150621     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.10.4748-4754.1998     Document Type: Article

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