The Helicobacter pylori neutrophil-activating protein is an iron-binding protein with dodecameric structure

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 238-246

  Tonello, Fiorella ^d   Dundon, William G ^d   Satin, Barbara ^d   Molinari, Maurizio ^a   Tognon, Giuseppe ^d   Grandi, Guido ^b   Del Giudice, Giuseppe ^b   Rappuoli, Rino ^b   Montecucco, Cesare ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRITIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; OLIGOMER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0001413894     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01584.x     Document Type: Article

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