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Salmonella typhimurium encodes a putative iron transport system within the centisome 63 pathogenicity island.
Infection and immunity - 1 Apr 1999
Zhou D, Hardt W D, Galán J E
Abstract excerpt
Upon entry into the host, Salmonella enterica strains are presumed to encounter an iron-restricted environment. Consequently, these bacteria have evolved a variety of often-redundant high-affinity acquisition systems to obtain iron in this restricted environment. We have identified an iron transport system that is encoded within the centisome 63 pathogenicity island of Salmonella typhimurium. The nucleotide...
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