Gonococcal genes encoding transferrin-binding proteins A and B are arranged in a bicistronic operon but are subject to differential expression

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 6336-6347

  Ronpirin, C ^a   Jerse, A E ^a   Cornelissen, C N ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; CARRIER PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; LIGANDS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OPERON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0034832974     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.10.6336-6347.2001     Document Type: Article

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