Localization of the equine IgG-binding domain in the fibrinogen-binding protein (FgBP) of Streptococcus equi subsp. equi

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2583-2592

  Meehan, Mary ^a   Lewis, Melanie J ^b   Byrne, Caroline ^a   O'Hare, David ^a   Woof, Jenny M ^b   Owen, Peter ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FC RECEPTOR; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIBRINOGEN; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EQUIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. EQUI;

EID: 69949168427     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.028845-0     Document Type: Article

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