Discrimination between apo and iron-loaded forms of transferrin by transferrin binding protein B and its N-terminal subfragment

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 175-180

  Retzer, Mark D ^a   Yu, Rong Hua ^a   Zhang, Yinping ^a   Gonzalez, Guido C ^a   Schryvers, Anthony B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Iron; Receptor; TbpB; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPHILUS SOMNI; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0031727167     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1998.0226     Document Type: Article

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