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HupZ, a Unique Heme-Binding Protein, Enhances Group A Streptococcus Fitness During Mucosal Colonization

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a major pathogen that causes simple and invasive infections. GAS requires iron for metabolic processes and pathogenesis, and heme is its preferred iron source. We previously described the iron-regulated hupZ in GAS, showing that a recombinant HupZ-His(6) protein binds...

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Autores principales: Lyles, Kristin V., Thomas, Lamar S., Ouellette, Corbett, Cook, Laura C. C., Eichenbaum, Zehava
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9237417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35774404
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.867963