The LMW surface-layer proteins of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotypes 027 and 001 share common immunogenic properties

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1168-1173

  Spigaglia, Patrizia ^a   Galeotti, Cesira L ^b   Barbanti, Fabrizio ^a   Scarselli, Maria ^b   van Broeck, Johan ^c   Mastrantonio, Paola ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SURFACE LAYER PROTEIN; SURFACE LAYER PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RABBITS; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 79960429209     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.029710-0     Document Type: Article

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