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Streamlined copper defenses make Bordetella pertussis reliant on custom-made operon
Copper is both essential and toxic to living beings, which tightly controls its intracellular concentration. At the host–pathogen interface, copper is used by phagocytic cells to kill invading microorganisms. We investigated copper homeostasis in Bordetella pertussis, which lives in the human respir...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7794356/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33420409 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01580-2 |