Bacterial lactoferrin receptors.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4757-9068-9_15

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Bacterial lactoferrin receptors.

Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 1998

Schryvers A B, Bonnah R, Yu R H, Wong H, Retzer M

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Lactoferrin is thought to play a pivotal role in prevention of infection in the host and its ability to sequester iron from potential pathogens has been considered an important component of its antimicrobial function. A number of bacterial species in the Neisseriaceae have developed a mechanism f...

Topics

Bacteria
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
Bacterial Proteins
Carrier Proteins
Cation Transport Proteins
Lactoferrin
Mutation
Operon
Receptors, Cell Surface
Signal Transduction

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