Identification of lactoferrin-binding proteins in bovine mastitis-causing Streptococcus uberis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-96

  Fang, Weihuan ^a   Oliver, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bovine mastitis; Lactoferrin binding; Milk; Streptococcus uberis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; GALACTOSE; IRON; LACTOFERRIN; MANNOSE; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATTLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MASTITIS; MILK; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LACTOFERRIN; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032766358     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00224-4     Document Type: Article

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