A Neisseria meningitidis fbpABC mutant is incapable of using nonheme iron for growth

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2330-2336

  Khun, Heng H ^a   Kirby, Shane D ^a   Lee, B Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; IRON CHELATE; LACTOFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL TRANSPORT; GENE LOCUS; IRON TRANSPORT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0031948656     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.5.2330-2336.1998     Document Type: Article

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