Differential glycosaminoglycan binding of Chlamydia trachomatis OmcB protein from serovars E and LGV

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1058-1061

  Fadel, Sanaa ^a,b   Eley, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARAN SULFATE; PROTEIN OMCB; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTYPE; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 51149100598     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/001305-0     Document Type: Article

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