An immunogenic, surface-exposed domain of Haemophilus ducreyi outer membrane protein HgbA is involved in hemoglobin binding

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3065-3074

  Nepluev, Igor ^a   Afonina, Galyna ^a   Fusco, William G ^a   Leduc, Isabelle ^a   Olsen, Bonnie ^a   Temple, Brenda ^a   Elkins, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN A VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ULCUS MOLLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; EPITOPE MAPPING; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SEQUENCE DELETION; SWINE;

EID: 67650032467     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00034-09     Document Type: Article

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