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Identification and characterization of a new ferric enterobactin receptor, CfrB, in Campylobacter.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 2010
Xu Fuzhou, Zeng Ximin, Haigh Richard D, Ketley Julian M, Lin Jun
Abstract excerpt
The ferric enterobactin (FeEnt) receptor CfrA is present in the majority of Campylobacter jejuni isolates and is responsible for high-affinity iron acquisition. Our recent work and that of others strongly suggested the existence of another FeEnt uptake system in Campylobacter. Here we have identified and characterized a new FeEnt receptor (designated CfrB) using both in vitro and in vivo systems. CfrB, a homolog...
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