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Functional analysis of an feoB mutant in Clostridium perfringens strain 13.
Anaerobe - 1 Oct 2016
Awad Milena M, Cheung Jackie K, Tan Joanne E, McEwan Alastair G, Lyras Dena, Rood Julian I
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Bacterial pathogens have adopted numerous mechanisms for acquiring iron from host proteins during an infection, including the direct acquisition of ferric iron from heme-associated proteins or from iron-scavenging siderophores. Ferric iron then is transported into the cytosol, where it can be utilized by the bacterial pathogen. Under anaerobic conditions bacteria can also transport ferrous iron using the...
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