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Properties of recombinant HtrA: an otitis media vaccine candidate antigen from non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae.
Developments in biologicals - 1 Jan 2000
Cates G A, Yang Y P, Klyushnichenko V, Oomen R, Loosmore S M
Abstract excerpt
Non-encapsulated or non-typable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is a major cause of middle ear infections in young children. HtrA has been identified as a vaccine candidate antigen from NTHi; therefore physicochemical characterization of this antigen is important for vaccine development. Recombinant NTHi HtrA has been expressed in E. coli and shown to have serine protease activity. Several mutant, recombinant HtrA...
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