Blocking of iron uptake from transferrin by antibodies against the transferrin binding proteins in Neisseria meningitidis

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 127-139

  Pintor, Mar ^a   Ferrón, Lucía ^a   Gómez, José A ^a   Powell, Nicholas B L ^b   Ala'Aldeen, Dlawer A A ^b   Borriello, S Peter ^b   Criado, M A Teresa ^a   Ferreirós, Carlos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blocking antibodies; Iron; N. meningitidis; Outer membrane proteins; Transferrin binding proteins; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BINDING PROTEIN; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNIZATION; IRON METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029985580     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0012     Document Type: Article

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