Zinc Piracy as a Mechanism of Neisseria meningitidis for Evasion of Nutritional Immunity

The outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria functions as a permeability barrier that protects these bacteria against harmful compounds in the environment. Most nutrients pass the outer membrane by passive diffusion via pore-forming proteins known as porins. However, diffusion can only satisfy the g...

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Autores principales: Stork, Michiel, Grijpstra, Jan, Bos, Martine P., Mañas Torres, Carmen, Devos, Nathalie, Poolman, Jan T., Chazin, Walter J., Tommassen, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3814407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24204275
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003733

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