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Siderophores: More than Stealing Iron

Siderophores are small molecular iron chelators that are produced by microbes and whose most notable function is to sequester iron from the host and provide this essential metal nutrient to microbes. Recent studies have proposed additional, noncanonical roles for siderophores, including the acquisit...

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Autores principales: Behnsen, Judith, Raffatellu, Manuela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5111413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27935843
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01906-16