Iron Transport Systems in Neisseria meningitidis

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 154-171

  Perkins Balding, Donna ^a   Ratliff Griffin, Melanie ^a   Stojiljkovic, Igor ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXBD PROTEIN; FERRIC ION; FUR PROTEIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN RECEPTOR; HMBR PROTEIN; HPUAB PROTEIN; IRON; IRON COMPLEX; LACTOFERRIN; TONB PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CYTOPLASM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IRON TRANSPORT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 1542719913     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.68.1.154-171.2004     Document Type: Review

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