Identification of discrete domains within gonococcal transferrin-binding protein A that are necessary for ligand binding and iron uptake functions

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 6988-6996

  Boulton, Ian C ^a,c   Yost, Mary Kate ^a   Anderson, James E ^b   Cornelissen, Cynthia Nau ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IRON TRANSPORT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; IRON; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEINS; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0034442794     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.12.6988-6996.2000     Document Type: Article

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