Haemophilus somnus possesses two systems for acquisition of transferrin-bound iron

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4407-4411

  Ekins, Andrew ^a,b   Bahrami, Fariborz ^a   Sijercic, Ada ^a   Maret, Deborah ^a,c   Niven, Donald F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN BINDING PROTEIN A; TRANSFERRIN BINDING PROTEIN B; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING ASSAY; BINDING COMPETITION; CATTLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GOAT; HAEMOPHILUS SOMNUS 649; HISTOPHILUS SOMNI; IRON RESTRICTION; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SHEEP; SOLID PHASE BINDING ASSAY; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; HAEMOPHILUS SOMNUS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEIN A; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEIN B;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMOPHILUS; HISTOPHILUS SOMNI; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 3042655159     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.13.4407-4411.2004     Document Type: Article

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