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Molecular Basis for the Evolution of Species-Specific Hemoglobin Capture by Staphylococcus aureus

Metals are a limiting resource for pathogenic bacteria and must be scavenged from host proteins. Hemoglobin provides the most abundant source of iron in the human body and is required by several pathogens to cause invasive disease. However, the consequences of hemoglobin evolution for bacterial nutr...

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Autores principales: Choby, Jacob E., Buechi, Hanna B., Farrand, Allison J., Skaar, Eric P., Barber, Matthew F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6247092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30459189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01524-18