A solute binding protein of Streptococcus pneumoniae iron transport

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 303-308

  Tai, Stanley S ^a   Yu, Chialin ^a   Lee, Janice K ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemin; Hemoglobin; Iron transport; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURFACE PROPERTY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0037470936     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00135-6     Document Type: Article

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