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. 1989 Apr;2(Suppl):S1–S4. doi: 10.1128/cmr.2.suppl.s1

Conserved lipoproteins of pathogenic Neisseria species bearing the H.8 epitope: lipid-modified azurin and H.8 outer membrane protein.

J G Cannon 1
PMCID: PMC358069  PMID: 2470496

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