Response of Neisseria meningitidis to iron limitation

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 129-136

  Pettersson, Annika ^a   Poolman, Jan T ^b   Van Der Ley, Peter ^b   Tommassen, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Iron limitation; Lactoferrin; Meningococci; Outer membrane proteins

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; IRON DEFICIENCY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0031025013     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000179301748     Document Type: Conference Paper

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