Identification of a transferrin-binding protein from Borrelia burgdorferi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2911-2916

  Carroll, James A ^a   Dorward, David W ^b   Gherardini, Frank C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IRON TRANSPORT; LYME DISEASE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030037007     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.2911-2916.1996     Document Type: Article

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