Identification of an outer membrane protein involved in utilization of hemoglobin-haptoglobin complexes by nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3703-3712

  Maciver, Isobel ^a   Latimer, Jo L ^a   Liem, H H ^b   Muller Eberhard, Ursula ^b   Hrkal, Zbynek ^c   Hansen, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029757275     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.9.3703-3712.1996     Document Type: Article

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