Getting the iron out

被引:15
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作者
Barry, CE [1 ]
Boshoff, H [1 ]
机构
[1] NIAID, TB Res Stn, Rockville, MD 20852 USA
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10.1038/nchembio0805-127
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
In the competition for control of iron between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and host cells, very little is understood about how these bacteria use small-molecule siderophores to obtain iron. A mechanism is now shown for intracellular iron acquisition by mycobacterial lipophilic siderophores.
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