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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Can Utilize Heme as an Iron Source

Most iron in mammals is found within the heme prosthetic group. Consequently, many bacterial pathogens possess heme acquisition systems to utilize iron from the host. Here, we demonstrate that Mycobacterium tuberculosis can utilize heme as an iron source, suggesting that M. tuberculosis possesses a...

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Hauptverfasser: Jones, Christopher M., Niederweis, Michael
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2011
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3067660/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21296960
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.01312-10
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