Phase variation of hemoglobin utilization in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 987-993

  Chen, Ching Ju ^a   Elkins, Christopher ^a   Sparling, P Frederick ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION;

EID: 0031911354     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.3.987-993.1998     Document Type: Article

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