Characterization of ferrochelatase (hemH) mutations in Haemophilus influenzae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 3007-3009

  Schlör, Stefan ^a   Herbert, Mark ^b   Rodenburg, Michaela ^a   Blass, Julia ^a   Reidl, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROCHELATASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; FERROCHELATASE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0034071180     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.5.3007-3009.2000     Document Type: Article

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