Pathogenic neisseriae can use hemoglobin, transferrin, and lactoferrin independently of the tonB locus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 5586-5591

  Desai, P J ^a   Garges, E ^a   Genco, C A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LACTOFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE LOCUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HEMOGLOBINS; LACTOFERRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0033802232     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.19.5586-5591.2000     Document Type: Article

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