Molecular characterization of hybrid Tbp2 proteins from Neisseria meningitidis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 159-169

  Legrain, Michèle ^a   Findeli, Annie ^a   Villeval, Dominique ^a   Quentin Millet, Marie José ^b   Jacobs, Eric ^a  

^a TRANSGENE S A   (France)

^b Pasteur Merieux Serums et Vaccins   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0030043071     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.364891.x     Document Type: Article

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