Groups of BALB/c mice immunized with choline binding protein PspA were challenged with either D39 or WCH16. PspA elicited protection by using moderate challenge doses of S. pneumoniae (Ogunniyi et al., 2007).
COG
COG5263R, under R: General function prediction only
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