Cloning and characterization of an outer membrane protein of Vibrio vulnificus required for heme utilization: Regulation of expression and determination of the gene sequence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3134-3141

  Litwin, Christine M ^a   Byrne, Burke L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER DISEASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WOUND INFECTION;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0031842732     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.7.3134-3141.1998     Document Type: Article

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