Neisseria gonorrhoeae heme biosynthetic mutants utilize heme and hemoglobin as a heme source but fail to grow within epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 5215-5223

  Turner, Paul C ^a   Thomas, Christopher E ^a   Elkins, Christopher ^a   Clary, Susan ^b   Sparling, P F ^a  

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

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH REGULATION; HEME SYNTHESIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032435637     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.11.5215-5223.1998     Document Type: Article

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