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Role and regulation of the Shigella flexneri sit and MntH systems.
Infection and immunity - 1 Aug 2006
Runyen-Janecky Laura, Dazenski Ellyn, Hawkins Stephanie, Warner Lisa
Abstract excerpt
Shigella flexneri possesses at least two putative high-affinity manganese acquisition systems, SitABCD and MntH. Mutations in the genes encoding the components of both of these systems were constructed in S. flexneri. The sitA mntH mutant showed reduced growth, relative to the wild type, in Luria broth (L broth) containing the divalent metal chelator ethylene diamino-o-dihydroxyphenyl acetic acid, and the...
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