Identification of the znuA-encoded periplasmic zinc transport protein of Haemophilus ducreyi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 5060-5068

  Lewis, David A ^a,b   Klesney Tait, Julia ^a   Lumbley, Sheryl R ^a   Ward, Christine K ^a   Latimer, Jo L ^a   Ison, Catherine A ^b   Hansen, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL TRANSPORT; CYTOPLASM; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ULCUS MOLLE;

HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI;

EID: 0032858031     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.10.5060-5068.1999     Document Type: Article

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