Exochelins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis remove iron from human iron-binding proteins and donate iron to mycobactins in the M. tuberculosis cell wall

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1527-1532

  Gobin, Jovana ^a   Horwitz, Marcus A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOFERRITIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRITIN; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; HOST CELL; HUMAN; IRON TRANSPORT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL WALL; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; LACTOFERRIN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXAZOLES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0029913805     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.183.4.1527     Document Type: Article

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