Cloning and functional characterization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae tonB, exbB and exbD genes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-179

  Biswas, Gour D ^a   Anderson, James E ^a   Sparling, P Frederick ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0030893908     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3421692.x     Document Type: Article

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