Acquisition of siderophores in gram-negative bacteria

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-116

  Faraldo Gómez, José D ^a   Sansom, Mark S P ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; IRON; IRON DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; SIDEROPHORE;

CELL PROTECTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IRON TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HEME; HUMANS; IRON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIDEROPHORES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037317173     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1015     Document Type: Review

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