Identification of a haem-utilization protein (Hup) in Haemophilus influenzae

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3923-3933

  Morton, Daniel J ^a   Smith, Ann ^b   Ren, Zhen ^a,c   Madore, Larissa L ^a   VanWagoner, Timothy M ^a   Seale, Thomas W ^a   Whitby, Paul W ^a   Stull, Terrence L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEME; HEME UTILIZATION PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOPEXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAPTOGLOBINS; HEME; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOPEXIN; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 11044236823     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27238-0     Document Type: Article

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