Immunoreactive cell wall proteins of Clostridium difficile identified by human sera

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 750-756

  Wright, Anne ^a   Drudy, Denise ^b   Kyne, Lorraine ^c   Brown, Katherine ^a   Fairweather, Neil F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; EPITOPE; SURFACE LAYER PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEOMICS; RIBOTYPING; SERUM; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; PROTEOMICS;

EID: 45249092259     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47532-0     Document Type: Article

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