Neisseria meningitidis tonB, exbB, and exbD genes: Ton-dependent utilization of protein-bound iron in Neisseriae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 805-812

  Stojiljkovic, Igor ^a   Srinivasan, Nithya ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; LACTOFERRIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NUCLEOTIDE; PORPHYRIN; PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; MUTANT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031018882     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.3.805-812.1997     Document Type: Article

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