Phase variation of HpuAB and HmbR, two distinct haemoglobin receptors of Neisseria meningitidis DNM2
- 1 June 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 32 (5) , 977-989
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01409.x
Abstract
We have previously described HpuAB, a two‐component receptor that mediates binding to haemoglobin (Hb), haemoglobin–haptoglobin (Hb‐Hp) and apo‐haptoglobin (Hp). In this communication, we constructed...Keywords
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