Molecular characterization of hpuAB, the haemoglobin-haptoglobin-utilization operon of Neisseria meningitidis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 737-749

  Lewis, Lisa A ^a,b   Gray, Elizabeth ^b   Wang, Ying Ping ^c   Roe, Bruce A ^c   Dyer, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0031025513     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2501619.x     Document Type: Article

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