Energy-dependent changes in the gonococcal transferrin receptor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-35

  Cornelissen, Cynthia N ^a,b   Anderson, James E ^a   Sparling, P Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; IRON TRANSPORT; MUTANT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030825114     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.5381914.x     Document Type: Article

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