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Structural basis for iron piracy by pathogenic Neisseria
Neisseria are obligate human pathogens causing bacterial meningitis, septicemia, and gonorrhea. Neisseria require iron for survival and can extract it directly from human transferrin for transport across the outer membrane. The transport system consists of TbpA, an integral outer membrane protein, a...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3292680/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22327295 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature10823 |