Molecular characterization of LbpB, the second lactoferrin-binding protein of Neisseria meningitidis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 599-610

  Pettersson, Annika ^a   Prinz, Thorsten ^a   Umar, Arzu ^a   Van Der Biezen, Jenny ^a   Tommassen, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LACTOFERRIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031984119     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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