Construction and characterization of Moraxella catarrhalis mutants defective in expression of transferrin receptors

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5815-5819

  Luke, Nicole R ^a,b   Campagnari, Anthony A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IRON METABOLISM; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS;

EID: 0032707711     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.5815-5819.1999     Document Type: Article

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