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NEAT: a domain duplicated in genes near the components of a putative Fe3+siderophore transporter from Gram-positive pathogenic bacteria
15 Aug 2002
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BACKGROUND: Iron uptake from the host is essential for bacteria that infect animals. To find potential targets for drugs active against pathogenic bacteria, we have searched all completely sequenced genomes of pathogenic bacteria for genes relevant for iron transport. RESULTS: We identified a protein domain that appears in variable copy number in bacterial genes that are usually in the vicinity of a putative Fe3+...
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