Association of iron-regulated outer membrane proteins of Neisseria meningitidis with the RmpM (class 4) protein

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-53

  Prinz, Thorsten ^a   Tommassen, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FrpB protein; Lactoferrin receptor; Neisseria meningitidis; Protein protein interaction; RmpM protein; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; IRON; LACTOFERRIN; LACTOFERRIN RECEPTOR; OLIGOMER; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REDUCTION MODIFIABLE PROTEIN M; SIDEROPHORE RECEPTOR; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRON TRANSPORT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEINS;

NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0033963570     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00629-1     Document Type: Article

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