Article
Identification of an outer-membrane haemoglobin-binding protein in Neisseria meningitidis.
Journal of general microbiology - 1 Dec 1992
Lee B C, Hill P
Abstract excerpt
Although Neisseria meningitidis can use haemoglobin as an iron source in vitro, the mechanism of haemoglobin-iron uptake is unknown. Using a biotinylated human haemoglobin probe in a solid-phase dot-binding assay, haemoglobin-binding activity was detected in total membranes derived from meningoco...
Topics
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Bacterial Proteins
- Biological Transport
- Biotin
- Carrier Proteins
- Endopeptidase K
- Genetic Variation
- Hemoglobins
- Iron
- Molecular Probes
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Receptors, Transferrin
- Serine Endopeptidases
- Subcellular Fractions