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Iron acquisition and virulence in <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>: a major role for FeoB, a high‐affinity ferrous iron transporter
1 Jul 2000
Abstract excerpt
The genome sequence of Helicobacter pylori suggests that this bacterium possesses several Fe acquisition systems, including both Fe2+- and Fe3+-citrate transporters. The role of these transporters was investigated by generating insertion mutants in feoB, tonB, fecA1 and fecDE. Fe transport in the feoB mutant was approximately 10-fold lower than in the wild type (with 0.5 microM Fe), irrespective of whether Fe was...
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