Antigenic and sequence diversity in gonococcal transferrin-binding protein A

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 4725-4735

  Cornelissen, Cynthia Nau ^a,c   Anderson, James E ^b   Boulton, Ian C ^a,d   Sparling, P Frederick ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Toronto ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TRANSFERRIN;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IRON TRANSPORT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CARRIER PROTEINS; CROSS REACTIONS; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0033914436     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.8.4725-4735.2000     Document Type: Article

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