The Yfe system of Yersinia pestis transports iron and manganese and is required for full virulence of plague

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 403-414

  Bearden, Scott W ^a   Perry, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL DNA; CHELATING AGENT; ENTEROCHELIN; IRON; MANGANESE; SIDEROPHORE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; IRON TRANSPORT; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0032898512     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01360.x     Document Type: Article

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