Structural insight into the lactoferrin receptors from pathogenic Neisseria

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-92

  Noinaj, Nicholas ^a   Cornelissen, Cynthia Nau ^b   Buchanan, Susan K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonorrhoeae; Iron acquisition; Lactoferrin; Neisseria meningitidis; TonB; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

IRON; LACTOFERRIN; LACTOFERRIN BINDING PROTEIN A; LACTOFERRIN BINDING PROTEIN B; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN BINDING PROTEIN A; TRANSFERRIN BINDING PROTEIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORAXELLA BOVIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

MORAXELLA BOVIS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

GONORRHOEAE; IRON ACQUISITION; LACTOFERRIN; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; TONB; TRANSFERRIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLA (MORAXELLA) BOVIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 84884815303     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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