Identification of a conserved Moraxella catarrhalis haemoglobin-utilization protein, MhuA

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1151-1158

  Furano, Kristin ^a,b   Luke, Nicole R ^a,b   Howlett, Amy J ^a,b   Campagnari, Anthony A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EPITOPE; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN MHUA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR SIZE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITOPES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; MUTAGENESIS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS;

EID: 17644405419     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27820-0     Document Type: Article

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