Neisseria meningitidis accelerates ferritin degradation in host epithelial cells to yield an essential iron source

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 807-820

  Larson, Jason A ^a   Howie, Heather L ^a   So, Magdalene ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FERRITIN; HEME; IRON; LEUPEPTIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HALF LIFE TIME; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CERVIX UTERI; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; IRON; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 3843101698     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04169.x     Document Type: Article

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