The ability to bind albumin is correlated with nitric oxide sensitivity in Moraxella catarrhalis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 249-255

  Maluszynska, Gizela M ^a   Krachler, Benno ^a   Sundqvist, Tommy ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Albumin; Iron; Moraxella catarrhalis; Nitric oxide; Outer membrane protein

Indexed keywords

MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FERRIC ION; IRON; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PENICILLAMINE; S NITRO N ACETYLPENICILLAMINE; S-NITRO-N-ACETYLPENICILLAMINE;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IRON; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PENICILLAMINE; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

EID: 0032529913     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13898.x     Document Type: Article

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