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Lipoprotein e(P4) is essential for hemin uptake by Haemophilus influenzae.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 1 Feb 1996
Reidl J, Mekalanos J J
Abstract excerpt
Heme uptake is a common means of iron and porphyrin acquisition by many pathogenic bacteria. The genus Haemophilus includes several important pathogenic bacterial species that characteristically require hemin-, protoporphyrin-, or heme-substituted proteins as essential growth factors under aerobic conditions. However, the mechanism of heme transport is not understood for Haemophilus. We have cloned a DNA fragment...
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