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An ABC transporter and a TonB ortholog contribute to Helicobacter mustelae nickel and cobalt acquisition.
Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 2010
Stoof Jeroen, Kuipers Ernst J, Klaver Gerard, van Vliet Arnoud H M
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The genomes of Helicobacter species colonizing the mammalian gastric mucosa (like Helicobacter pylori) contain a large number of genes annotated as iron acquisition genes but only few nickel acquisition genes, which contrasts with the central position of nickel in the urease-mediated acid resistance of these gastric pathogens. In this study we have investigated the predicted iron and nickel acquisition systems of...
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