Identification of functionally important regions of a haemoglobin receptor from Neisseria meningitidis

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3423-3435

  Perkins Balding, D ^a   Baer, M T ^a   Stojiljkovic, I ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN RECEPTOR; IRON; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0346252351     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26448-0     Document Type: Article

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