Structural and functional characterization of the Staphylococcus aureus virulence factor and vaccine candidate FhuD2

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 449, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 683-693

  Mariotti, Paolo ^a   Malito, Enrico ^a   Biancucci, Marco ^a   Lo Surdo, Paola ^a   Mishra, Ravi P N ^a   Nardi Dei, Vincenzo ^a   Savino, Silvana ^a   Nissum, Mikkel ^a   Spraggon, Glen ^b   Grandi, Guido ^a   Bagnoli, Fabio ^a   Bottomley, Matthew ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^b GENOMICS INSTITUTE OF THE NOVARTIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Class III solute binding protein (class III SBP); Iron; Siderophore; Staphylococcus; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; FERRICHROME; FHUD2 PROTEIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING FLUORIMETRY; FLUOROMETRY; IMMUNIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERRICHROME; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIDEROPHORES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL VACCINES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TRANSFERRIN; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

MURINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84872476902     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20121426     Document Type: Article

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