Outer membrane protein B1, an iron-repressible protein conserved in the outer membrane of Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis, binds human transferrin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3920-3924

  Campagnari, Anthony A ^a,b   Ducey, Thomas F ^a   Rebmann, Catherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IRON; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; IRON TRANSPORT; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0029737279     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.9.3920-3924.1996     Document Type: Article

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