Characterization of hgpA, a gene encoding a haemoglobin/haemoglobin-haptoglobin-binding protein of Haemophilus influenzae

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 905-914

  Jin, Hongfan ^a,b   Ren, Zhen ^a,b   Whitby, Paul W ^a   Morton, Daniel J ^a   Stull, Terrence L ^a,b  

^a CHO 2308 ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Haem acquisition; Haemoglobin; Haemoglobin binding protein; Haemophilus influenzae; Outer membrane protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; HAPTOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 0032948089     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-4-905     Document Type: Article

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