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Differential role of ferritins in iron metabolism and virulence of the plant-pathogenic bacterium Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Mar 2008
Boughammoura Aïda, Matzanke Berthold F, Böttger Lars, Reverchon Sylvie, Lesuisse Emmanuel, Expert Dominique, Franza Thierry
Abstract excerpt
During infection, the phytopathogenic enterobacterium Erwinia chrysanthemi has to cope with iron-limiting conditions and the production of reactive oxygen species by plant cells. Previous studies have shown that a tight control of the bacterial intracellular iron content is necessary for full virulence. The E. chrysanthemi genome possesses two loci that could be devoted to iron storage: the bfr gene, encoding a...
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