Cloning and characterization of tdhA, a locus encoding a TonB-dependent heme receptor from Haemophilus ducreyi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4254-4262

  Thomas, Christopher E ^a   Olsen, Bonnie ^a   Elkins, Christopher ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMID VECTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI;

EID: 0031688911     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.9.4254-4262.1998     Document Type: Article

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