Both the full-length and the N-terminal domain of the meningococcal transferrin-binding protein B discriminate between human iron-loaded and apo-transferrin

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 171-177

  Renauld Mongénie, Geneviève ^a   Latour, Mireille ^a   Poncet, David ^a   Naville, Sophie ^a   Quentin Millet, Marie José ^a  

^a Pasteur Merieux Connaught   (France)

Author keywords

Apo transferrin; BIAcore; Holo transferrin; Neisseria meningitidis; Transferrin binding protein B

Indexed keywords

APOTRANSFERRIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TECHNIQUE;

APOPROTEINS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEIN B; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0031763457     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00480-7     Document Type: Article

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