Opposing selective forces for expression of the gonococcal lactoferrin receptor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1325-1337

  Anderson, James E ^a   Hobbs, Marcia M ^a   Biswas, Gour D ^a   Sparling, P Frederick ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DNA; LACTOFERRIN; LACTOFERRIN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GONORRHEA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TRANSFERRIN; URETHRA;

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

EID: 0037783267     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03496.x     Document Type: Article

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