Gonococcal transferrin-binding protein 2 facilitates but is not essential for transferrin utilization.

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Published in J Bacteriol on June 01, 1994

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J E Anderson1, P F Sparling, C N Cornelissen

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1: Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599.

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