Point mutations in HpuB enable gonococcal HpuA deletion mutants to grow on hemoglobin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 420-426

  Chen, C J ^a   Mclean, D ^a   Thomas, C E ^a   Anderson, J E ^a   Sparling, P F ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; IRON; PROTEIN HPUA; PROTEIN HPUB; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DELETION MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERTANT;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HEME; HEMOGLOBINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0036136290     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.2.420-426.2002     Document Type: Article

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