Role of the Yersinia pestis Yersiniabactin Iron Acquisition System in the Incidence of Flea-Borne Plague

Plague is a flea-borne zoonosis caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Y. pestis mutants lacking the yersiniabactin (Ybt) siderophore-based iron transport system are avirulent when inoculated intradermally but fully virulent when inoculated intravenously in mice. Presumably, Ybt is required to pro...

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Autores principales: Sebbane, Florent, Jarrett, Clayton, Gardner, Donald, Long, Daniel, Hinnebusch, B. Joseph
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3003698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21179420
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014379

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3003698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21179420
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014379

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