Neisserial TonB-dependent outer-membrane proteins: Detection, regulation and distribution of three putative candidates identified from the genome sequences

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1277-1290

  Turner, Paul C ^a,b,c   Thomas, Christopher E ^a   Stojiljkovic, Igor ^d   Elkins, Christopher ^a   Kizel, Goksel ^b   Ala'Aldeen, Dlawer A A ^b   Sparling, P F ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Gonococcus; Iron regulated proteins; Meningococcus; TonB dependent proteins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CONTIG; FHUE PROTEIN; FPVA PROTEIN; HASR PROTEIN; IRON; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; TDFF PROTEIN; TDFG PROTEIN; TDFH PROTEIN; TONB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPOSURE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MENINGOCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0034998677     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-5-1277     Document Type: Article

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