The neisserial 37 kDa ferric binding protein (FbpA)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Ferreirós, Carlos ^a   Criado, María Teresa ^a   Gómez, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

FbpA; Ferric binding protein; Gonococcus; Iron; Iron transport; Meningococcus; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Neisseria meningitidis; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

IRON BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

DNA SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IRON TRANSPORT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033010313     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(99)00044-9     Document Type: Review

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