Iron and transferrin. Research and therapeutic applications

Biotecnologia Aplicada

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-9

  Aguila La O, A ^a   Brock, J H ^a  

^a FINLAY INSTITUTE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Iron; Iron binding proteins; Lactoferrin; Neisseria meningitidis; Neoplasia; Staphylococcus aureus; Transferrin; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FREE RADICAL; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; VACCINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CYTOTOXICITY; EUKARYOTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0035061190     PISSN: 08644551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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