Expression and purification of functional recombinant meningococcal transferrin-binding protein A

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 364, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 613-616

  Oakhill, Jonathan S ^a   Joannou, Christopher L ^a   Buchanan, Susan K ^a   Gorringe, Andrew R ^a   Evans, Robert W ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iron; Membrane protein; Neisseria meningitidis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; PROTEINS;

PATHOGENICITY;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BINDING PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; INTERNALIZATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0037097029     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20020500     Document Type: Article

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