Mechanisms of iron acquisition by the human pathogens Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 8, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Rohde, Kyle H ^a,b   Dyer, David W ^a  

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

^b Biomedical Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron transport; Microorganisms; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Neisseria meningitidis; Proton motive force; Review; TonB dependent receptor

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCHELIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; IRON TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 3242658420     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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