Identification of transferrin-binding domains in TbpB expressed by Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3220-3232

  DeRocco, Amanda J ^a   Cornelissen, Cynthia Nau ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HEMAGGLUTININ; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE II; TRANSFERRIN BINDING PROTEIN A; TRANSFERRIN BINDING PROTEIN B;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IRON TRANSPORT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EPITOPES; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; IRON; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEIN B;

EID: 34447283105     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00072-07     Document Type: Article

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