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Iron transport-mediated drug delivery using mixed-ligand siderophore-beta-lactam conjugates.
Chemistry & biology - 1 Dec 1996
Ghosh A, Ghosh M, Niu C, Malouin F, Moellmann U, Miller M J
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BACKGROUND: Assimilation of iron is essential for microbial growth. Most microbes synthesize and excrete low molecular weight iron chelators called siderophores to sequester and deliver iron by active transport processes. Specific outer membrane proteins recognize, bind and initiate transport of species-selective ferric siderophore complexes. Organisms most often have specific receptors for multiple types of...
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