Iron acquisition and characterization of bacteriophage-like genes of <i>haemophilus somnus</i>
Potential virulence mechanisms of the gram-negative bovine pathogen Haemophilus somnus include the abilities to acquire iron from bovine transferrin, to resist killing by complement, and to survive in leukocytes. The original objective of this project was to investigate the iron-uptake mechanisms of...
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University of Saskatchewan
1996
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| Online Access: | http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-10212004-000700 |