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An Optimal Method of Iron Starvation of the Obligate Intracellular Pathogen, Chlamydia Trachomatis

Iron is an essential cofactor in a number of critical biochemical reactions, and as such, its acquisition, storage, and metabolism is highly regulated in most organisms. The obligate intracellular bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis experiences a developmental arrest when iron within the host is deplet...

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Autores principales: Thompson, Christopher C., Carabeo, Rey A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Research Foundation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3109288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21687412
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00020