Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterioferritin: Structural heterogeneity, involvement in iron storage and protection against oxidative stress

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2967-2975

  Chen, Cheng Yen ^a   Morse, Stephen A ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterioferritin; Iron storage protein; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRITIN; IRON;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; IRON STORAGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0032849337     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-10-2967     Document Type: Article

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